Rationality concepts in environmental valuation

Survey based valuation techniques like the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) rely particularly on the premise of respondents' rationality when answering willingness to pay (WTP) questions. Results of CVM surveys have repeatedly put this fundamental assumption into question. This study adopts a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frör, Oliver
Format: eBook
Language:German
Published: Frankfurt am Main Peter Lang 2007, 2007
Series:Hohenheimer volkswirtschaftliche Schriften
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209)
  • Introduction
  • Environmental valuation
  • Rationality in economics
  • Bounded rationality in environmental valuation
  • Summary and conclusions