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Author: | MacMillan, D. C. Smart, T. S. Thorburn, A. P. |
Title: | A field experiment involving cash and hypothetical charitable donations |
Journal: | Environmental and Resource Economics
1999 : OCT, VOL. 14:3, p. 399-412 |
Index terms: | ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS CHARITIES CONTINGENT VALUATION |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Hypothetical payments for non-market goods are biased upwards in comparison to cash payments. Lack of realism may explain the divergence. This paper reports on a study which attempts to overcome the problem by emulating a real fund-raising solicitation by the Isle of Eigg Trust for both real and hypothetical donations. |
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