An Experimental Validation of Hypothetical WTP for a Recyclable Product

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作者
Eva Camacho-Cuena
Aurora García-Gallego
Nikolaos Georgantzís
Gerardo Sabater-Grande
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[1] Universitat Jaume I,Economics Department and LEE/LINEEX
[2] Universitat Jaume I,Economics Department
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Environmental and Resource Economics | 2004年 / 27卷
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contingent valuation; laboratory experiments; product design; product recyclability; vertical differentiation; willingness to pay;
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Using a within-subject experiment, we compare hypothetical andreal willingness to pay (WTP) for an improvement in therecyclability of a product. Subjects are faced with a real paymentscenario after they have responded to a hypothetical question.Contrary to most of the results obtained in similar studies, at apopulation level, there are no significant median differencesbetween actual and hypothetical stated values of WTP. However,within-subject comparisons between hypothetical and actual valuesindicate that subjects stating a low (high) hypothetical WTP tendto underestimate (overestimate) the value of their actualcontributions.
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