Valuing Environmental Preferences: Theory and Practice of the Contingent Valuation Method in the US, EU, and Developing Countries

. Ed(s): Bateman, I. J.; Willis, K. G.

ISBN 10: 0199248915 / ISBN 13: 9780199248919

Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

About this Item

This is a treatment of the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), which asks what people would be willing to pay for an environmental good or attribute, or willing to accept for its loss. The book embraces theoretical, methodological, empirical, and institutional aspects of the debate, and looks at the US, European, and developing country contexts. Editor(s): Bateman, I. J.; Willis, K. G. Num Pages: 668 pages, numerous tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; 1QFG; JHBC; KCN; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 946. . 2002. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Valuing Environmental Preferences: Theory and Practice of the Contingent Valuation Method in the US, EU, and Developing Countries
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199248915
• ISBN 13: 9780199248919
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This is a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) which asks what people would be willing to pay for an environmental good or attribute, or willing to accept for its loss. CVM is currently central to the assessment of environmental damage and has been the subject of considerable debate, especially in the case of the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska. Aimed at specialists, this book contains specially commissioned papers from both sides of that debate, as well as from commentators who see it as an interesting experimental tool regardless of the question of absolute validity of estimates.

About the Author

Ian J. Bateman is Reader in Environmental Economics at the Centre for Social and Environmental Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia.
Kenneth G. Willis is Professor of Environmental Economics in the Department of Town and Country Planning at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.