Valuing Environmental Amenities Using Stated Choice Studies
Valuing Environmental Amenities Using Stated Choice Studies

Author: Barbara J. Kanninen

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-31

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1402053134

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This book provides practical, research-based advice on how to conduct high-quality stated choice studies. It covers every aspect of the topic, from planning and writing the survey, to analyzing results, to evaluating quality. There is no other book on the market today that so thoroughly addresses the methodology of stated choice. Chapters are written by top-notch academics and practitioners in an accessible style, offering practical, tough advice.

A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation
A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation

Author: Patricia A. Champ

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-02-08

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9400771045

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This is a practical book with clear descriptions of the most commonly used nonmarket methods. The first chapters of the book provide the context and theoretical foundation of nonmarket valuation along with a discussion of data collection procedures. The middle chapters describe the major stated- and revealed-preference valuation methods. For each method, the steps involved in implementation are laid out and carefully explained with supporting references from the published literature. The final chapters of the book examine the relevance of experimentation to economic valuation, the transfer of existing nonmarket values to new settings, and assessments of the reliability and validity of nonmarket values. The book is relevant to individuals in many professions at all career levels. Professionals in government agencies, attorneys involved with natural resource damage assessments, graduate students, and others will appreciate the thorough descriptions of how to design, implement, and analyze a nonmarket valuation study.

Measuring the Value of Culture
Measuring the Value of Culture

Author: Jeanette D. Snowball

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-10-25

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 354074360X

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This book documents the use of methods that put a value on cultural goods, including theater, cultural events, museums, archeological sites, and libraries. The author sets forth the advantages and disadvantages of each method using case studies to illustrate how they work. Moreover, the theoretical background of the methods and the kind of information they can provide are discussed. Both market and non-market valuation techniques are covered.

Using Discrete Choice Experiments to Value Health and Health Care
Using Discrete Choice Experiments to Value Health and Health Care

Author: Mandy Ryan

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-10-23

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1402057539

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This work takes a fresh and contemporary look at the growing interest in the development and application of discrete choice experiments (DCEs) within the field of health economics. The book comprises chapters by highly regarded academics with experience of applying DCEs in the area of health. Thus the book is relevant to post-graduate students and applied researchers with an interest in the use of DCEs for valuing health and health care and has international appeal.

Revealed Preference Approaches to Environmental Valuation Volumes I and II
Revealed Preference Approaches to Environmental Valuation Volumes I and II

Author: Catherine L. Kling

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-01-22

Total Pages: 611

ISBN-13: 1351903438

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In this two volume collection the editors have chosen a sample of some of the most essential and inspirational articles and papers for understanding revealed preference methods to value environmental amenities. The papers cover the gamut of methods that are typically classified as revealed preference approaches - including: recreation demand models, hedonic methods, and averting behavior methods, as well as efforts to combine stated and revealed preferences. While this collection is far from exhaustive, the editors have included papers they believe will represent the state of the art in the theory and application of revealed preference methods, contribute to development of the state of the art, or raise fundamental challenges and insights that will drive the research agenda in the coming years.

The International Handbook on Non-Market Environmental Valuation
The International Handbook on Non-Market Environmental Valuation

Author: Jeff Bennett

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0857931199

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Non-market environmental valuation (NMEV) is undergoing a period of increased growth in both application and development as a result of increasing recognition of the role of economics in environmental policy issues. Against this backdrop, The International Handbook on Non-Market Environmental Valuation brings together world leaders in the field to advance the development and application of NMEV as a tool for policymaking. The expert contributors provide insights into the state of the art across the spectrum of both revealed and stated preference methods and highlight new directions being taken. A sequence of topical applications demonstrate various techniques and illustrate what can be achieved using NMEV: deliberately diverse case studies are drawn from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia with valuation targets ranging across use and non-use values of the environment. A number of reviews of cutting-edge issues are also presented. This outstanding resource will enable those interested in environmental valuation from theoretical, practical or policy perspectives to bring themselves to the forefront of developments and practice. As such, this Handbook will prove invaluable to a wide-ranging audience encompassing academics, researchers, students, practitioners and consultants involved in environmental economics and NMEV.

Valuing Environmental Preferences
Valuing Environmental Preferences

Author: Ian Bateman

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 9780199248919

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The questionnaire-based Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) asks people what would they be willing to pay for an environmental good or attribute, or willing to accept for its loss. These papers consider the real value of such surveys.

Perspectives on Biodiversity
Perspectives on Biodiversity

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-10-01

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 030906581X

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Resource-management decisions, especially in the area of protecting and maintaining biodiversity, are usually incremental, limited in time by the ability to forecast conditions and human needs, and the result of tradeoffs between conservation and other management goals. The individual decisions may not have a major effect but can have a cumulative major effect. Perspectives on Biodiversity reviews current understanding of the value of biodiversity and the methods that are useful in assessing that value in particular circumstances. It recommends and details a list of components-including diversity of species, genetic variability within and among species, distribution of species across the ecosystem, the aesthetic satisfaction derived from diversity, and the duty to preserve and protect biodiversity. The book also recommends that more information about the role of biodiversity in sustaining natural resources be gathered and summarized in ways useful to managers. Acknowledging that decisions about biodiversity are necessarily qualitative and change over time because of the nonmarket nature of so many of the values, the committee recommends periodic reviews of management decisions.

The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values
The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values

Author: A. Myrick Freeman

Publisher: Resources for the Future

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9781891853623

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Non-market valuation is becoming increasingly accepted as an evaluative tool of economics related to environmental and resource protection. Freeman (economics, Bowdoin College) presents an overview of the literature, introducing the principal methods and techniques of resource valuation. Chapters cover the measurement of welfare changes, revealed and stated preference models, nonuse models, aggregation of values across time, environmental quality as factor input, longevity and health valuation, property value models, hedonic wage models, and recreational uses of natural resource systems. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Contingent Valuation of Environmental Goods
Contingent Valuation of Environmental Goods

Author: Daniel McFadden

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2017-04-28

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1786434695

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Contingent valuation is a survey-based procedure that attempts to estimate how much households are willing to pay for specific programs that improve the environment or prevent environmental degradation. For decades, the method has been the center of debate regarding its reliability: does it really measure the value that people place on environmental changes? Bringing together leading voices in the field, this timely book tells a unified story about the interrelated features of contingent valuation and how those features affect its reliability. Through empirical analysis and review of past studies, the authors identify important deficiencies in the procedure, raising questions about the technique’s continued use.