“…While most applications of CVM have concentrated on valuing environmental amenities (see, for example, Bishop and Heberlein 1986;Carson 1991;Hill 1994), a number of recent studies point to a wider acceptance of CVM in other ¢elds of research. For example, McLeod, Roberts and Syme (1994) used CVM to value the provision of extension services provided by the Western Australian Agricultural Protection Board. Similarly, CVM was used by Anaman and Lellyett (1996) to value the provision of weather information to the Sydney metropolitan area.…”