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| Title: | A Comparison of Approaches to Mitigate Hypothetical Bias |
| Authors: | Champ, Patricia A.
Moore, Rebecca
Bishop, Richard C. |
| Authors (Email): | Champ, Patricia A. (pchamp@fs.fed.us) |
| Keywords: | contingent valuation
hypothetical bias
follow-up certainty
cheap talk
nonmarket valuation |
| Issue Date: | 2009-10 |
| Abstract: | We compare two approaches to mitigating hypothetical bias. The study design includes three treatments: an actual payment treatment, a contingent valuation (CV) treatment with a follow-up certainty question, and a CV treatment with a cheap talk script. Our results suggest that both the follow-up certainty treatment and the cheap talk treatment produce willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimates consistent with the actual payment treatment. However, the follow-up certainty treatment provides response distributions at all offer amounts that are statistically similar to the actual payment treatment, while the cheap talk treatment provides similar responses only at some offer amounts. Furthermore, the cheap talk treatment is effective only for inexperienced individuals. We conclude that the follow-up certainty approach is more consistent than the cheap talk approach for eliminating hypothetical bias. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/55867 |
| Institution/Association: | Agricultural and Resource Economics Review>Volume 38, Number 2, October 2009 |
| Total Pages: | 15 |
| From Page: | 166 |
| To Page: | 180 |
| Collections: | Volume 38, Number 2, October 2009
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