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

或有V的手册aluation is unique in that it focuses on contingent valuation as a method for evaluating environmental change. It examines econometric issues, conceptual underpinnings, implementation issues as well as alternatives to contingent valuation. Anna Alberini and James Kahn have compiled a comprehensive and original reference volume containing invaluable case studies that demonstrate the implementation of contingent valuation in a wide variety of applications. Chapters include those on the history of contingent valuation, a practical guide to its implementation, the use of experimental approaches, an ecological economics perspective on contingent valuation and approaches for developing nations.