Testing for Hypothetical Bias in Contingent Valuation Using a Latent Choice Multinomial Logit Model
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C25; P230; Q51;All these keywords.
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- C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
- Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2006-06-03 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-ECM-2006-06-03 (Econometrics)
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