Subjective well-being and stated preferences: Explorations from a choice experiment in Norway

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Year: 2021
Volume: 91
Issue: C

Authors (4)

Vondolia, Godwin K. Hynes, Stephen (National University of Ireland) Armstrong, Claire W. (not in RePEc) Chen, Wenting (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Subjective well-being valuation has recently grown in use with applications in the fields of environment, health, and cultural heritage. With this methodology values are based on how non-market goods impact on self-reported measures of well-being such as life satisfaction. Despite the differences in theoretical foundations of subjective well-being and preference-based valuation methods, recent applications have attempted to integrate both approaches without the complete understanding of the effects of subjective well-being on stated preference elicitation. The present study investigates the extent to which subjective well-being impacts the responses to a choice experiment in Norway. The results indicate that momentary subjective well-being does not induce a higher level of randomness in the stated choices but rather affects the preferences for attribute. We also find that self-reported well-being measures respond differently to the cost attribute in the choice experiment. Furthermore, we compute marginal willingness-to-pays for various subjective well-being categories and discuss the implications of these results for an integrated modelling of subjective well-being and preference-based valuation methods.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:soceco:v:91:y:2021:i:c:s2214804321000227
Journal Field
Experimental
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-29