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Do CVM Welfare Estimates Suffer from On-Site Sampling Bias? A Comparison of On-Site and Household Visitor Surveys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Juan Marcos González-Sepúlveda  and
John B. Loomis
Juan Marcos González-Sepúlveda
Affiliation:
RTI Solutions in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
John B. Loomis
Affiliation:
Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado
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Abstract

The problem of endogenous stratification associated with on-site sampling has been overlooked in the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). We find that using on-site samples of visitors overstates visitor willingness to pay (WTP) estimates relative to a household sample of visitors, and substantially overstates the unconditional population values. We provide two methods of correcting WTP of on-site samples. The uncorrected on-site sample CVM yields WTP of $132 per trip, while visitor WTP obtained from a random sample of households had a value of $66 per trip. Adaptation of choice-based sampling correction estimator to the on-site CVM data yields $73 per trip, not statistically different from the visitor value from the household survey, but significantly different from the uncorrected on-site sample value.

Keywords

contingent valuation methodendogenous stratificationon-site sampling bias
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Contributed Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , October 2010 , pp. 561 - 570
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Copyright © 2010 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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