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Title: | Comparing welfare estimates across stated preference and uncertainty elicitation formats for air quality improvements in Nairobi, Kenya |
Authors: | Ndambiri, Hilary Brouwer, Roy Mungatana, Eric |
Keywords: | air quality stochastic payment card polychotomous payment card conventional payment card |
Issue Date: | 17-Feb-2016 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Abstract: | The effect of preference uncertainty on estimated willingness to pay (WTP) is examined using identical payment cards and alternative uncertainty elicitation procedures in three split samples, focusing on air quality improvement in Nairobi. The effect of the stochastic payment card (SPC) and polychotomous payment card (PPC) are compared with a conventional payment card (PC). Substantial financial support is found for improved air quality in Nairobi, with approximately 85 per cent of the whole sample stating a positive WTP. The way WTP values are elicited, with and without ability to express preference uncertainty, has significant effect on WTP welfare estimate. Allowing respondents to express experienced uncertainty when stating WTP value yields more conservative but less accurate WTP values for inclusion in policy analysis. The PPC seems to hold more promise since it is easier to understand and imposes less cognitive burden on survey participants than the SPC in a developing country context. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X15000455 http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/5184 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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