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Título: Scale-perception bias in the valuation of environmental risks
Autores/as: Arana, Jorge E. 
León González, Carmelo Javier 
Palabras clave: Willingness-To-Pay
Health
Vignettes
Inference
Model
Fecha de publicación: 2012
Editor/a: 0003-6846
Publicación seriada: Applied economics (Print) 
Resumen: The valuation of environmental risks is commonly approached with the utilization of stated preference methods such as contingent valuation. In these methods, money is utilized as the scale that reflects the individual's underlying utility function. However, this scale can vary across individuals due to different perceptions on what are the right or appropriate bounds for Willingness To Pay (WTP). In this article, we test for scale-perception bias and propose a correction method based on the utilization of anchoring vignettes that define different degrees of preference for the nonmarket good. The proposed method is applied to study the commonly found anomaly 'probability neglect', which is defined by the insensitivity to the probability levels in the valuation of environmental risks. The results show that probability neglect disappears when WTP responses are corrected for self-perception bias through the utilization of the anchoring vignettes approach.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/51141
ISSN: 0003-6846
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.566188
Fuente: Applied Economics[ISSN 0003-6846],v. 44 (20), p. 2607-2617
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