Meta Analysis in Model Implementation: Choice Sets and the Valuation of Air Quality Improvements

V. Smith and Spencer Banzhaf

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Abstract: We document the sensitivity of welfare estimates derived from discrete choice models to assumptions about the choice set. Such assumptions can affect welfare estimates through both the estimated parameters of the model and, conditional on the parameters, the substitution among alternatives. Our analysis involves estimates of the benefits of air quality improvements in Los Angeles based on discrete choices of neighborhood and housing. We further illustrate the use of meta analysis to document and summarize voluminous information derived from repeated sensitivity analyses.

Keywords: Meta analysis; random utility model; choice set; air quality; housing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C15 Q25 R21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-11-14
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Journal Article: Meta-analysis in model implementation: choice sets and the valuation of air quality improvements (2007)
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