Valuing Environmental Preferences - Theory and Practice of the Contingent Valuation Method in the US, EU and Developing Countries - Paperback - 2001

This is a treatment of the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), which asks what people would be willing to pay for an environmental good or attribute, or willing to accept for its loss. The book embraces theoretical, methodological, empirical, and institutional aspects of the debate, and looks at the US, European, and developing country contexts.
Year of publication: 2001
Pagination: 668 pages, numerous tables and figures
Format: Paperback
Editor: I. J. Bateman, K. G. Willis