DUBIOUS AND DUBIOUSER: CONTINGENT VALUATION AND THE TIME OF DAY

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Journal: Economic Inquiry
Year: 2015
Volume: 53
Issue: 2
Pages: 1396-1400

Authors (2)

David L. Dickinson (not in RePEc) John C. Whitehead (Appalachian State University)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

type="main" xml:id="ecin12161-abs-0001"> <p xml:id="ecin12161-para-0001"><fi>We collect contingent valuation data from 524 student survey respondents over a 3-day, 72-hour period. Data analysis of a hypothetical campus referendum focuses on time-of-day effects on willingness to pay for a renewable energy project. We find that subjects responding to the survey during the night-time hours (i.e., between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.) do not display the law of demand, offering theoretically invalid responses to questions with important policy implications. Results from this research may have serious implications for the contingent valuation method (CVM). In short, just like your father said, nothing good happens after midnight when using the CVM</fi>. (<fi>JEL</fi> Q51)

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:ecinqu:v:53:y:2015:i:2:p:1396-1400
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25