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Abstract
Researchers using stated preference environmental valuation techniques are
interested in identifying the extent to which framing effects impact on value
estimates. Framing effects occur when the context in which the hypothetical
scenarios and tradeoffs put to respondents in an application differ from those that
would be important if actual transactions were involved. Because scenarios have to be
defined succinctly to respondents, the challenge for researchers is to identify how the
particular ‘frame’ used affects responses, and how different groups of respondents
may view settings. In this paper, an application of a stated preference technique
termed Choice Modelling is reported in the context of pastoral land development in
Queensland and the Northern Territory. Choice Modelling embodies some features
that enable the impact of framing to be assessed directly.