“…Although CV is a well-known valuation technique and has been used for decades, it is subject to a growing number of shortcomings (Champ & Bishop, 2001;Mitchell & Carson, 1981). Among others, hypothetical, strategic and instrumental bias have been extensively discussed in the literature (Gregg & Wheeler, 2018;Mitchell & Carson, 1981). Hypothetical bias occurs when the stated WTP in hypothetical markets does not match WTP values in regular markets, which involve practical transactions between market players (Champ & Bishop, 2001).…”