The contingent valuation of environmental resources : methodological issues and research needs / edited by David J. Bjornstad and James R. Kahn.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-299) and index.

Characteristics of environmental resources and their relevance for measuring value / David J. Bjornstad and James R. Kahn -- The Conceptual underpinnings of the contingent valuation method / Anthony C. Fisher -- Theory versus data in the contingent valuation debate / W. Michael Hanemann -- Discussion of the conceptual underpinnings of the contingent valuation method by A.C. Fisher / Peter Diamond -- The Sensitivity of CV outcomes to CV survey methods / Howard Schuman -- Sources of bias in contingent valuation / William Schulze [and others] -- Evaluating CV performance: separating the light from the heat / William H. Desvousges, Sara P. Hudson, and Melissa C. Ruby -- Rationality and invariance: response to Schuman / Jonathan Baron -- Relating stated preference measures and models to choices in real markets: calibration of CV responses / Jordan Louviere -- Relating stated and revealed preferences: challenges and opportunities / Ronald Cummings -- Calibration of CV responses: discussion / Alan Randall -- Estimating the demand for public goods: the collective choice and contingent valuation approaches / Wallace E. Oates -- Comments on 'Estimating the demand for public goods...' / Maureen L. Cropper -- Estimating the demand for public goods: comments and extensions / Perry Shapiro and Robert T. Deacon -- Structuring a research agenda to estimate environmental values / David J. Bjornstad and James R. Kahn.