Willingness to pay of committed citizens: A field experiment

Ami, Dominique; Aprahamian, Frédéric; Chanel, Olivier; Joulé, Robert-Vincent; Luchini, Stéphane

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.04.014

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“…This ensures that there is no selection bias in the data. The petition treatment therefore tests the effect of being exposed to political behavior on elicited WTP values (see Ami et al, 2014; for more details). All other aspects of the experiment were as in the baseline treatment.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Our second additional between-respondent treatment is based on a behavioral approach borrowed from social psychology. Otherwise identical to the baseline treatment, it adds a commitment device in the form of signing a petition about environmental preservation (Ami et al, 2014). Social psychology has extensively studied how people can be induced to commit to target behavior by being asked to perform preliminary, usually costless, actions (Kiesler, 1971).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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When do social cues and scientific information affect stated preferences? Insights from an experiment on air pollution

Ami¹,

Aprahamian²,

Chanel³

et al. 2018

Journal of Choice Modelling

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Stated preference surveys are usually carried out in one session, without any follow-up interview after respondents have had the opportunity to experience the public goods or policies they were asked to value. Consequently, a stated preference survey needs to be designed so as to provide respondents with all the relevant information, and to help them process this information so they can perform the valuation exercise properly. In this paper, we study experimentally an elicitation procedure in which respondents are provided with a sequence of different types of information (social cues and objective information) that allows them to sequentially revise their willingness-to-pay (WTP) values. Our experiment was carried out in large groups using an electronic voting system which allows us to construct social cues in real time. To analyse the data, we developed an anchoring-type structural model that allows us to estimate the direct effect (at the current round) and the indirect effect (on subsequent rounds) of information. Our results shed new light on the interacted effect of social cues and objective information: social cues have little or no direct effect on WTP values but they have a strong indirect effect on how respondents process scientific information. Social cues have the most noticeable effect on respondents who initially report a WTP below the group average but only after receiving additional objective information about the valuation task. We suggest that the construction and the provision of social cues should be added to the list of tools and controls for stated preference methods. "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof." Galbraith, 1971.

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When do social cues and scientific information affect stated preferences? Insights from an experiment on air pollution

Ami¹,

Aprahamian²,

Chanel³

et al. 2018

Journal of Choice Modelling

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“…Além disso, o adequado desenho do questionário e a ampla informação dada ao entrevistado sobre a canga reduziram a diferença entre os valores da DAP e da DAR, conforme a pressuposição teórica de alguns estudos (HOHN;RANDALL, 1987;PLOTT;ZEILLER, 2005;LOUVIERE, 2011;AMI;APRAHAMIAN;CHANEL, 2014). Na média, o valor da DAR foi de R$ 4.415,56/ha e superior ao valor da DAP (R$ 4.073,84/ha) em R$ 341,71/ha (8,39%), o que demonstra a eficácia da pesquisa na busca de superar os diversos problemas teóricos e técnicos apontados na literatura.…”

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O valor econômico da savana metalófita da Floresta Nacional de Carajás, estado do Pará: uma contribuição teórica e metodológica

Santana¹,

Salomão²,

Santana³

et al. 2017

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ResumoO objetivo deste trabalho é estimar o valor econômico da vegetação de canga da Flona de Carajás, que inclui espécies raras e endêmicas. Utilizou-se uma abordagem econômica e ecológica na escolha das variáveis explanatórias do modelo integrado de avaliação contingente (MIAC), especificado pelas equações de disposição a pagar (DAP), pela preservação de disposição a receber (DAR) e pela indenização da canga. Os valores médios da DAP e da DAR foram, respectivamente, de R$ 4.073,84/ha e R$ 4.415,56/ha. A diferença entre esses valores médios foi de apenas 8,39% em função do esclarecimento feito aos entrevistados sobre as características e as potencialidades econômicas e ecológicas da canga. Os valores da DAP e da DAR foram compostos pelas dimensões econômica de 52,1% e de 59,5%, sociodemográfica de 11,7% e 10,2%, de serviços ecossistêmicos de 20,05% e 16,8% e a tácita de 15,7% e 13,6%.Palavras-chave: Amazônia. Ativo natural. Recursos naturais. Serviços ecossistêmicos.

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“…This perception endows its protection with ethical concerns. An ethically based valuation is manifest in a perceived duality between private and public values that arise when individuals value ecological goods and services, thus suggesting the coexistence of private and social preferences (Burk 1938;Tintner 1946;Ami et al 2014). Moreover, the disputable assumptions of valuation methods (e.g., rational individuals, substitutability, sufficient information, fixed preferences, the level of discount rate) impose certain constraints on the ability of individuals to capture the fundamental dependency of the economic process on natural systems (Gowdy et al 2010a).…”

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Integration of ecological–biological thresholds in conservation decision making

Mavrommati

Bithas

Borsuk

et al. 2016

Conservation Biology

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In the Anthropocene, coupled human and natural systems dominate and only a few natural systems remain relatively unaffected by human influence. On the one hand, conservation criteria based on areas of minimal human impact are not relevant to much of the biosphere. On the other hand, conservation criteria based on economic factors are problematic with respect to their ability to arrive at operational indicators of well-being that can be applied in practice over multiple generations. Coupled human and natural systems are subject to economic development which, under current management structures, tends to affect natural systems and cross planetary boundaries. Hence, designing and applying conservation criteria applicable in real-world systems where human and natural systems need to interact and sustainably coexist is essential. By recognizing the criticality of satisfying basic needs as well as the great uncertainty over the needs and preferences of future generations, we sought to incorporate conservation criteria based on minimal human impact into economic evaluation. These criteria require the conservation of environmental conditions such that the opportunity for intergenerational welfare optimization is maintained. Toward this end, we propose the integration of ecological-biological thresholds into decision making and use as an example the planetary-boundaries approach. Both conservation scientists and economists must be involved in defining operational ecological-biological thresholds that can be incorporated into economic thinking and reflect the objectives of conservation, sustainability, and intergenerational welfare optimization.

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Willingness to pay of committed citizens: A field experiment

Cited by 21 publications

References 55 publications

When do social cues and scientific information affect stated preferences? Insights from an experiment on air pollution

When do social cues and scientific information affect stated preferences? Insights from an experiment on air pollution

O valor econômico da savana metalófita da Floresta Nacional de Carajás, estado do Pará: uma contribuição teórica e metodológica

Integration of ecological–biological thresholds in conservation decision making

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