Social desirability and environmental valuation / Tobias Börger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Börger, Tobias.

Series:

Hohenheimer volkswirtschaftliche Schriften, 0721-3085 ; Bd. 66

Hohenheimer Volkswirtschaftliche Schriften Social desirability and environmental valuation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Social desirability.

Social surveys--Methodology.

Social surveys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Socially desirable responding (SDR) is an often-reported source of bias in survey interviews. It describes the tendency of a respondent to answer in a way that is socially desirable rather than to answer truthfully. This response bias also threatens the reliability and validity of survey-based environmental valuation techniques such as the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). This book deals with the assessment of the conditions for the occurrence of SDR in CVM interviews.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The economic valuation of environmental goods

3. Social desirability

4. The role of SDR in CVM

5. Empirical application

6. Summary and concluding remarks

7. References

8. Appendix: the full questionnaire.

Notes:

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EBL Purchase.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-240).

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ISBN:

1-299-42850-9

3-653-01583-9

OCLC:

818875318

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access