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From Curious to Pragmatically Curious: Comment on "From Hopeless to Curious? Thoughts on Hausman's "Dubious to Hopeless" Critique of Contingent Valuation"

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  • William Desvousges
  • Kristy Mathews
  • Kenneth Train

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This article extends the discussion introduced in this journal by Haab et al. (2013), who critique a 2012 article on contingent valuation (CV) by Hausman. We agree with Haab et al. "that the intellectual debate over [CV] is ongoing and that plenty of work remains to be done for the truly curious researcher" (593). However, our paper illuminates the limitations of current approaches to guide future research.

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  • William Desvousges & Kristy Mathews & Kenneth Train, 2016. "From Curious to Pragmatically Curious: Comment on "From Hopeless to Curious? Thoughts on Hausman's "Dubious to Hopeless" Critique of Contingent Valuation"," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 38(1), pages 174-182.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:apecpp:v:38:y:2016:i:1:p:174-182.
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