Are Internet surveys an alternative to face-to-face interviews in contingent valuation?

Lindhjem, Henrik; Navrud, Ståle

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.04.002

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“…Macdonald et al (2010) aim to disentangle sample composition and measurement effects in a CM approach valuing river water quality in Australia. Like Grandjean et al (2009) (reviewed below) and Lindhjem and Navrud (2011), the paper attempts to heighten the experimental control in its mode comparison compared to previous studies. They do this by drawing two mail samples for comparison: one from Australia Post and one from the same sample frame as for the Internet panel sample.…”

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“…Covey et al conclude that (p. 85): ''there was an encouragingly close correspondence between the findings of the f2f and internet surveys.'' Finally, in a more classic CV setting Lindhjem and Navrud (2011) compare an Internet panel and f2f sample asked to value a high nonuse value good: establishment of forest reserves to protect biodiversity in Norway. The study aims in particular to investigate measurement effects from both satisficing and social desirability response behavior.…”

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Using Internet in Stated Preference Surveys: A Review and Comparison of Survey Modes

Lindhjem

Navrud

2011

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Internet is quickly becoming the survey mode of choice for stated preference (SP) surveys in environmental economics. However, this choice is being made with relatively little consideration of its potential influence on survey results. This paper reviews the theory and emerging evidence of mode effects in the survey methodology and SP literatures, summarizes the findings, and points out implications for Internet SP practice and research. The SP studies that compare Internet with other modes do generally not find substantial difference. The majority of welfare estimates are equal; or somewhat lower for the Internet surveys. Further, there is no clear evidence of substantially lower quality or validity of Internet responses. However, the degree of experimental control is often low in comparative studies across survey modes, and they often confound measurement and sample composition effects. Internet offers a huge potential for experimentation and innovation in SP research, but when used to derive reliable welfare estimates for policy assessment, issues like representation and nonresponse bias for different Internet panels should receive more attention.

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Using Internet in Stated Preference Surveys: A Review and Comparison of Survey Modes

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Navrud

2011

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“…To include the elderly / rural population component, we did not use an internet approach, even if it has been shown of comparable efficiency (Lindhjema & Navrudb, 2011),.…”

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Shared ecological knowledge and wetland values: A case study

Franco¹,

Luiselli

2014

Land Use Policy

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HighlightsWe analyze citizens' shared ecological knowledge (SEK) of wetlands functions to describe its nature, its relation with the official knowledge, the relation between the motivations outlined by SEK and those expected by the standard economic model. Wetlands functions' SEK is related to wetlands living proximity and unexpectedly diminishing for some long since acquired critical services There is a separation between official knowledge and SEK on crucial aspects like wetlands' climate change role. This approach helps to transfer a socio-cultural complex capital into a public decision making processes. AbstractThe estimation of wetlands' non-use values to build up a total economic evaluation can be based on stated preference methods, which derives from the standard economic model that assumes a rational assessment of the consequence of preferences on personal utility. The paper describes the citizens' shared ecological knowledge (SEK) of wetlands functions. It descibes SEK nature, SEK relation with the official knowledge, the relation between the motivations outlined by SEK and those expected by the standard economic model. The

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“…This indicator for Estonia was close to 80% in December 2013, and is one of the highest in Europe (average 76.5%). The recent metaanalyses (e.g., Menegaki, Olsen and Tsagarakis, 2015) allow us to be fairly optimistic that the difference between online and in-person surveys should be small (Lindhjem and Navrud, 2011;Liebe et al, 2015;Menegaki, Olsen and Tsagarakis, 2015). …”

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Marine trade-offs: Comparing the benefits of off-shore wind farms and marine protected areas

Karlõševa

Nõmmann

et al. 2016

Energy Economics

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Abstract:The drive to increase renewable electricity production in many parts of Europe has led to an increasing concentration of new wind energy sites at sea. This results in a range of environmental impacts which should be taken into account in a benefit-cost analysis of such proposals. In this paper, we use choice modelling to investigate the relative gains and losses from siting new windfarms off the coast of Estonia, relative to the option of creating a new marine protected area. We find that, while respondents are generally opposed to converting marine shoals to conventional wind farms and prefer the establishment of marine protected areas instead, benefits from constructing ‗environmentally-friendly' wind farms -an alternative program which is also considered by the government -are not statistically different with respect to consumers' welfare to those associated with creating a new marine protected area. Methodologically, the paper makes a contribution by showing the ability of the latent class mixed logit model to represent both within-and between-class preference heterogeneity, and thus its power to provide a more sophisticated representation of preference heterogeneity than stand-alone latent class or mixed logit approaches. The paper is also presents the first use of the latent class mixed logit model in willingness-to-pay space for environmental goods.Keywords: discrete choice experiment, off-shore wind energy, marine protected areas, willingness to pay space, latent class mixed logit, renewable energy. -We analyse the trade-offs between wind energy production and the designation of marine protected areas in Estonia.-Discrete choice modelling is used to estimate the relative welfare effects of 3 design options in two locations.-A methodological enhancement to choice modelling is introduced, namely the latent class mixed logit model in willingness to pay space.-The model shows distinct preference heterogeneity both within and between latent classes of respondents.-On average, people prefer -eco‖ windfarms to conventional windfarms or marine protected areas.

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Are Internet surveys an alternative to face-to-face interviews in contingent valuation?

Cited by 192 publications

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Using Internet in Stated Preference Surveys: A Review and Comparison of Survey Modes

Using Internet in Stated Preference Surveys: A Review and Comparison of Survey Modes

Shared ecological knowledge and wetland values: A case study

Marine trade-offs: Comparing the benefits of off-shore wind farms and marine protected areas

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