The Stated Preference Approach to Environmental Valuation Methods: v. 1: Foundations, Inital Development, Statistics Approaches: v. 2: Conceptual and Empirical Issues: v. 3

There is a truly enormous literature on using stated preference information to place a monetary value on environmental amenities. This three volume set provides the key papers for understanding the historical development of contingent valuation, its theoretical and statistical foundations, and the major controversies. It also contains representative papers covering all of the major application areas in environmental valuation.

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Contents for Volumes I, II and III are available on our website: www.ashgate.com.

About the Author

Richard T Carson is Professor in the Department of Economics, University of California - San Diego, USA.