Handbook on Contingent Valuation

Edited by Anna Alberini, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, US and James R. Kahn, John F. Hendon Professor of Economics and Director of Environmental Studies, Washington and Lee University, US and Collaborating Professor, Centro de Ciências do Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Amazonas , Brazil

• Contents:1. IntroductionAnna Alberini and James R. KahnPART I: CONTINGENT VALUATION AND ECONOMIC THEORY2. Fifty Years of Contingent ValuationV. Kerry Smith3. A Practitioner’s Primer on the Contingent Valuation MethodJohn C. Whitehead 4. The Use of Contingent Valuation in Benefit–Cost AnalysisJohn C. Whitehead and Glenn C. Blomquist5. Hypothetical Preferences and Environmental PolicyGregory Cooper 6. Protest Bids, Commensurability, and Substitution: Contingent Valuation and Ecological EconomicsBrent Haddad and Richard Howarth PART II: ECONOMETRIC AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES IN CONTINGENT VALUATION7. An Introduction to Choice Modeling for Non-market ValuationSteven Stewart and James R. Kahn8. Experimental Methods for the Testing and Design of Contingent ValuationLaura O. Taylor9. Designing a Contingent Valuation Study to Estimate the Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program on Grassland Bird PopulationsMary Clare Ahearn, Kevin J. Boyle and Daniel R. Hellerstein10. Modelling Behaviour in Dichotomous Choice with Bayesian MethodsCarmelo J. León and Roberto León11. Temporal Reliability in Contingent Valuation (with a Restrictive Research Budget)Paul M. Jakus, Becky Stephens and J. Mark FlyPART III: APPLICATIONS12. Non-market Valuation on the InternetHale W. Thurston13. Use of Contingent Values of Wildlife and Habitat Preservation in Policy and Benefit–Cost Analyses John B. Loomis14. Valuing Wildlife at Risk from Exotic Invaders in Yellowstone LakeTodd L. Cherry, Jason F. Shogren, Peter Frykblom and John A. List15. The Demand for Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets: Evidence from AfricaChristine Poulos, Maureen Cropper, Julian Lampietti, Dale Whittington and Mitiku Haile16. Choice Modeling of Farmer Preferences for Agroforestry Systems in Calakmul, MexicoJames F. Casey17. The Use of Contingent Valuation in Developing Countries: A Quantitative AnalysisDan Biller, Karoline Rogge and Giovanni Ruta18. Combining Stated-Choice and Stated-Frequency Data with Observed Behavior to Value NRDA Compensable Damages: Green Bay, PCBs, and Fish Consumption AdvisoriesWilliam S. Breffle, Edward R. Morey, Robert D. Rowe and Donald M. Waldman19. Public Preferences Toward Environmental Risks: The Case of TrihalomethanesRichard T. Carson and Robert Cameron Mitchell20. ConclusionsAnna Alberini and James R. KahnIndex