A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Champ, Patricia A. (Editor), Boyle, Kevin J. (Editor), Brown, Thomas C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Series: The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources, 13
• Subjects: Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Environmental management.; Natural resources.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Health Economics.; Natural Resources.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Environmental Management.

This is a practical book with clear descriptions of the most commonly used nonmarket methods. The first chapters of the book provide the context and theoretical foundation of nonmarket valuation along with a discussion of data collection procedures. The middle chapters describe the major stated- and...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Valuing Environmental Goods and Services: An Economic Perspective
• Chapter 2. Conceptual Framework for Nonmarket Valuation
• Chapter 3. Collecting Nonmarket Valuation Data
• Chapter 4. Contingent Valuation in Practice
• Chapter 5. Choice Experiments
• Chapter 6. Travel cost Models
• Chapter 7. Hedonics
• Chapter 8. Averting Behavior Methods
• Chapter 9. Substitution Methods
• Chapter 10. Experimental Methods in Valuation
• Chapter 11. Benefit Transfer
• Chapter 12. Reliability and Validity in Nonmarket Valuation.