A Comparison of Value Elicitation Question Formats in Multiple-Good Contingent Valuation  

作　　者：Chih-Chen Liu Joseph A. Herriges C. L. Kling Silvia Secchi Joan I. Nassauer Daniel J. Phaneuf 

机构地区：[1]Department of Applied Economics, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung 81148,Taiwan, China [2]Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA [3]Department of Agribusiness Economics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901,USA [4]School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, M148103,USA [5]Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI53706, USA

出　　处：《Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》2014年第1期85-108,共24页中国高等学校学术文摘·经济学（英文版）

摘　　要：This paper provides a convergent validity test of two types of multinomial choice questions vis-a-vis a dichotomous choice question by formally testing whether these stated preference elicitation question formats provide comparable welfare estimates. In particular, a dichotomous choice question, a traditional multinomial choice question, and a modified multinomial choice question suggested by Carson and Groves （2007） were applied in split samples to assess the influence of the informational and incentive properties on the respondents＇ annual willingness to accept compensation for adopting costly conservation practices in agriculture that benefit the environment. Our findings suggest that the two multinomial choice question formats elicit a similar mean willingness to accept distributions, but they are both different from a standarddichotomous choice question. Further, the willingness to accept distributions derived from the multinomial choice question formats are more dispersed than those from the dichotomous choice question.This paper provides a convergent validity test of two types of multinomial choice questions vis-a-vis a dichotomous choice question by formally testing whether these stated preference elicitation question formats provide comparable welfare estimates. In particular, a dichotomous choice question, a traditional multinomial choice question, and a modified multinomial choice question suggested by Carson and Groves （2007） were applied in split samples to assess the influence of the informational and incentive properties on the respondents＇ annual willingness to accept compensation for adopting costly conservation practices in agriculture that benefit the environment. Our findings suggest that the two multinomial choice question formats elicit a similar mean willingness to accept distributions, but they are both different from a standarddichotomous choice question. Further, the willingness to accept distributions derived from the multinomial choice question formats are more dispersed than those from the dichotomous choice question.

关 键 词：stated preference choice experiment dichotomous choice incentive compatibility multinomial choice 

分 类 号：P207[天文地球—测绘科学与技术] N02[自然科学总论—科学技术哲学]