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Household decision making and the influence of spouses’ income, education, and communist party membership: A field experiment in rural China
(2009-04-20)
We study household decision making in a high-stakes experiment with a random sample of
households in rural China. Spouses have to choose between risky lotteries, first separately and
then jointly. We find that spouses’ ...
Subjective well-being among preadolescents - Evidence from urban China
(2011-05)
We examine what factors are correlated with subjective well-being among Chinese preadolescents. In particular, we investigate whether preadolescents’ subjective well-being is correlated with their parents’ subjective ...
Do Hypothetical and Actual Willingness to Pay Differ in Choice Experiments? - Application to the Valuation of the Environment
(1999)
In this paper we test the validity of choice experiments with donations for environmental projects. In particular, we test whether or not willingness to pay for projects differs between a hypothetical and an actual choice ...
Using Choice Experiments for Non-Market Valuation
(2001)
This paper provides the latest research developments in the method of choice experiments applied to
valuation of non-market goods. Choice experiments, along with the, by now, well-known contingent
valuation method, are ...
Willingness to Pay among Swedish Households to Avoid Power Outages - A Random Parameter Tobit Model Approach
(2009-03-17)
Using a contingent valuation survey, we elicit Swedish households’ willingness to pay (WTP) to avoid
power outages. In the study respondents are asked to state their WTP for avoiding nine different types of
outages. We ...
How much is too much? - An investigation of the effect of the number of choice sets, starting point and the choice of bid vectors in choice experiments
(2006)
In a split sample design, we examine how the number of choice sets, design of the first
choice set (starting point), and the choice of attribute levels in the cost attribute affect
the precision in the elicited preferences ...
Cost of Power Outages for Manufacturing Firms in Ethiopia: A Stated Preference Study
(2018-05)
Having a reliable supply of electricity is essential for the operation of any firm. In most developing countries, however, electricity supply is highly unreliable. In this study, we estimate the cost of power outages for ...
Windfall vs. Earned Money in the Laboratory: Do They Affect the Behavior of Men and Women Differently?
(2010-08)
We experimentally investigate, using a dictator game, if the effects of windfall and earned
endowments on behavior differ between men and women genders. In line with previous
studies, we find that windfall endowments ...
Measuring marginal values of noise disturbance from air traffic: Does the time of the day matter?
(2004)
This paper analyzes the marginal willingness to pay for changes in noise levels related to changes in the volume of flight movements at a city airport in Stockholm, Sweden, by using a choice experiment. When estimating ...