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Carson, Richard T.; Flores, Nicholas E.; Meade, Norman

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“…Contingent valuation method, being a direct valuation method, has become a common practice (cf. Carson et al, 2001) for assessing the economic value of public projects. It uses surveys with respondents from a representative sample of the population affected by a project (i.e.…”

Section: Valuation Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For Carson et al, 2001, the link between welfare economics and contingent valuation is quite direct. Indeed the theoretical basis of contingent valuation is welfare economics, whose theory is related to the basic theory of individual preferences and demand for goods.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These include designing the survey, conducting the survey, and analysing its results using econometric techniques. Even though there is no unique standard approach to design a CV questionnaire, common to most applications of CV survey designs include (Carson et al, 2001): (a) an introductory section which sets the general context for the decision to be made; (b) a detailed description of the good or service that respondents are asked to value, and the institutional conditions and the manner under which the goods will be provided and paid for; (c) the method by which the survey elicits the respondent's willingness to pay and its preference with respect to the good; (d) debriefing questions regarding respondent's reason to answer certain questions the way they did; (e) some debriefing questions regarding respondents' characteristics including their attitude towards the good and their socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Both these revealed preferences and the stated preferences are the basic approaches to non-market valuation that have been in use for decades. See Freeman, 2003;and Carson, 2011;and Carson, et al, 2001, for overviews of the theoretical and empirical issues involved. Note 4.…”

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“…This bias occurs when CV survey respondents attempt to answer questions that they think will please the interviewer. They might agree (or not agree) to pay some amount when they would not do so otherwise except for the utility gain associated with telling the interviewer (Carson, et al, 2001). …”

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Demand for Improved Public Transport Services in the UAE: A Contingent Valuation Study in Dubai

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Service quality, being an integral part of urban growth, has been a subject of interest to city transport planners. The provision of better quality public transport service is a challenge in the United Arab Emirates, as this country strives to meet the transport requirements fundamental to sustain the investment and economic as well as urban population growth exhibited over the last few years. United Arab Emirates Government intervention strategies include increasing share of public transportation and decreasing transport by private vehicles through bettering bus service delivery. Such shift of demand for public service requires not only understanding of people's willingness to use and pay for improved public transport services but also market incentives to pull-down personal vehicle ownership demand into public transport services. This study examines the willingness of United Arab Emirates residents to use and pay for improved public transport services. A contingent valuation survey is conducted on 852 representative sample of cross section of United Arab Emirates residents. Probit and Ordered logit models are used to analyze the survey data. The study has generated results with significant ramifications for policy. It suggests that there is the knowledge that residents, in general, are willing to use and pay higher fees for using public bus provided its service quality is improved. This has to provide reassurance to the Roads and Transport Authority who may be interested about the potential demand for improved public bus service. In order for the United Arab Emirates Government to increase the share of public transportation and decrease transport by private vehicles, effort will have to continue to improve the public bus service quality. In particular, marketing of such improved service will have to consider the residents' socioeconomic and demographic as well as some travel attributes.

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Willingness to pay and willingness to work for improvements of municipal and community‐managed water services

Vásquez

2014

Water Resources Research

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This study investigates household preferences, in labor time and monetary terms, for improved water services in Guatemala using sequential contingent valuation questions. The household survey was implemented in areas served by municipal and community-managed systems, which allows for comparing household preferences under those governance approaches. Results show that respondents with municipal services are willing to pay a substantial increase (more than 200%) in their water bills for reliable supplies of safe drinking water. They are also willing to work approximately 19 h per month for such improved services when labor hours are proposed as the payment vehicle. In contrast, households with community-managed services are not willing to pay or work for service improvements, even though they report to be quite dissatisfied with current services. Policy implications are discussed.

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Sensitivity of emergent sociohydrologic dynamics to internal system properties and external sociopolitical factors: Implications for water management

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It is increasingly acknowledged that effective management of water resources requires a holistic understanding of the coevolving dynamics inherent in the coupled human‐hydrology system. One of the fundamental information gaps concerns the sensitivity of coupled system feedbacks to various endogenous system properties and exogenous societal contexts. This paper takes a previously calibrated sociohydrology model and applies an idealized implementation, in order to: (i) explore the sensitivity of emergent dynamics resulting from bidirectional feedbacks to assumptions regarding (a) internal system properties that control the internal dynamics of the coupled system and (b) the external sociopolitical context; and (ii) interpret the results within the context of water resource management decision making. The analysis investigates feedback behavior in three ways, (a) via a global sensitivity analysis on key parameters and assessment of relevant model outputs, (b) through a comparative analysis based on hypothetical placement of the catchment along various points on the international sociopolitical gradient, and (c) by assessing the effects of various direct management intervention scenarios. Results indicate the presence of optimum windows that might offer the greatest positive impact per unit of management effort. Results further advocate management tools that encourage an adaptive learning, community‐based approach with respect to water management, which are found to enhance centralized policy measures. This paper demonstrates that it is possible to use a place‐based sociohydrology model to make abstractions as to the dynamics of bidirectional feedback behavior, and provide insights as to the efficacy of water management tools under different circumstances.

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Cited by 952 publications

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Demand for Improved Public Transport Services in the UAE: A Contingent Valuation Study in Dubai

Demand for Improved Public Transport Services in the UAE: A Contingent Valuation Study in Dubai

Willingness to pay and willingness to work for improvements of municipal and community‐managed water services

Sensitivity of emergent sociohydrologic dynamics to internal system properties and external sociopolitical factors: Implications for water management

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