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Complexity in Choice Experiments
Peter Boxall
Wiktor L. (Vic) Adamowicz
Amanda Moon
其他書名
Choice of the Status Quo Alternative and Implications for Welfare Measurement
出版
SSRN
, 2009
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DN_jzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
We examine the propensity of respondents to choose the status quo (SQ) or current situation alternative as a function of complexity in two separate state-of-the-world choice experiments. Complexity in each choice set was characterized as the number of single and multiple changes in levels of attributes from the current situation and the order of the choice task in the sequence of multiple tasks provided to respondents. We show that increasing complexity leads to increased choice of the SQ and that a respondent's age and level of education also influenced this choice. We outline the effects of the alternate approaches for incorporating the SQ into welfare measurement. These findings have implications for the design of stated preference experiments, examining passive use values and for empirical analysis leading to welfare measurement.
