Contingent Valuation in Practice

Boyle, Kevin J.

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7104-8_4

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“…Survey questionnaires were used to ascertain the 'WTP' or 'willingness to accept', respectively, which means that the accuracy of CVMs depends on the quality of the survey instrument and how well people respond to the required assessments. The information component of the survey instrument, the explanation of the method of provision, payment vehicle, the decision rule and the time frame of payment (Boyle 2003) were all information presented to the farmers through a payment card. In this study, we developed a payment card according to Rowe et al (1996).…”

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Estimating farmers’ willingness to pay for climate change adaptation: the case of the Malaysian agricultural sector

Masud

Akhtar

et al. 2015

Environ Monit Assess

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This paper estimates Malaysian farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for a planned adaptation programme for addressing climate issues in the Malaysian agricultural sector. We used the contingent valuation method (CVM) for a monetary valuation of farmers' preferences for a planned adaptation programme by ascertaining the value attached to address climatic issues in the Malaysian agricultural sector. Structured questionnaires were distributed among the sampled farmers. The study found that 74 % of respondents were willing to pay for a planned adaptation programme and that several socioeconomic and motivation factors have greater influence on their WTP. This paper clearly specifies the steps needed for all institutional bodies to better address issues in climate change. The outcomes of this paper will support policy makers to better design an efficient adaptation framework for adapting to the adverse impacts of climate change.

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Section: Contingent Valuation Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Estimating farmers’ willingness to pay for climate change adaptation: the case of the Malaysian agricultural sector

Masud

Akhtar

et al. 2015

Environ Monit Assess

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“…Combinations with all cost values the same were not allowed in order to provide the respondent with some tradeoffs between costs and attributes of the alternatives. Combinations with all costs different were not allowed because some respondents may always choose the alternative with the lowest price thus making their choices on the basis of only one dominant attribute rather than making trade‐offs among the three programs [ Boyle , ]. This design resulted in 60 possible combinations of values.…”

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On consumers' attitudes and willingness to pay for improved drinking water quality and infrastructure

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This paper examines the determinants of consumers' willingness to pay for improvement programs for three drinking water issues: water quality, pinhole leaks in home plumbing infrastructure, and aging public infrastructure. The research is based on a mail survey of consumers in Northern Virginia and the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D. C. The analysis focuses on the relationship between information, risk perceptions, and willingness to pay. An alternative specific conditional logit model is used to model consumers' willingness to pay for improvements. Results indicate that the willingness to pay for any of the programs is negatively affected by the cost of the proposed improvement. Consumers' risk perceptions, the external information provided in the survey, and whether they read the annual report from their water utility affect consumers' willingness to pay for improvement programs.

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“…First, more landowners from these segments, especially “Pragmatic Landowners,” may be aware of the 50% cap on cost‐share programs and rejected the 75% attribute as unrealistic. This type of response to a survey option has been described as a protest response (Boyle ). Second, the difference in value between a 50% cost share and a 75% cost share may be marginal from a landowner's perspective, especially if time and labor required to conduct habitat management are limiting factors.…”

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Multi‐attribute preferences for northern bobwhite habitat restoration among Texas landowners

Valdez

Peterson

et al. 2019

Wildl. Soc. Bull.

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Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) abundance has declined range‐wide over the long term due to factors such as habitat loss and deterioration. Private land management is critical to bobwhite conservation because most bobwhites occur on private lands, but little research has been conducted regarding how private land managers and landowners make decisions about whether and how to restore northern bobwhite habitat. To begin addressing this deficit, we used a choice‐based conjoint approach to determine how Texas, USA, landowners and land managers (surveyed in November 2017) weigh the importance of northern bobwhite hunting opportunities, costs, and labor when making habitat restoration decisions. We also used a latent class analysis to break respondents into segments based on their valuations of these attributes. The results of our latent class analysis indicate that managers and landowners can be grouped into several segments, and most segments do not place a high value on bobwhite hunting opportunities, but instead are more interested in minimizing out‐of‐pocket costs and labor input. Bobwhite habitat restoration programs yielding cost shares ≥50%, labor inputs at ≤30 days/year, and likely coveys flushed per hunting day >4 broadly appealed to landowners; however, ensuring low labor costs was most important, particularly for pragmatic landowners. This indicates that policies minimizing labor inputs and maximizing cost shares may be preferred over increasing hunting opportunities. Finally, we discuss the management preferences and practices of the segment most interested in maximizing bobwhite hunting opportunities and potential outreach strategies for segments of opportunistic and pragmatic landowners who may be persuaded to manage for bobwhite habitat if they perceived this management as economically viable. © 2019 The Authors. Wildlife Society Bulletin Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Contingent Valuation in Practice

Cited by 170 publications

References 158 publications

Estimating farmers’ willingness to pay for climate change adaptation: the case of the Malaysian agricultural sector

Estimating farmers’ willingness to pay for climate change adaptation: the case of the Malaysian agricultural sector

On consumers' attitudes and willingness to pay for improved drinking water quality and infrastructure

Multi‐attribute preferences for northern bobwhite habitat restoration among Texas landowners

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