On the use of flexible mixing distributions in WTP space: an induced value choice experiment

Claudia Bazzani, Marco Palma () and Rodolfo Nayga

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2018, vol. 62, issue 2

Abstract: In this study, we use data from an induced value choice experiment to compare estimates from mixed logit models in willingness to pay (WTP) space using different parameter distributional assumptions. Specifically, we test differences inWTP estimates when using flexible parameter mixing distributions (i.e. Legendre polynomials, step functions and splines) and conventional parameter distributions (normal and lognormal). Similar WTP estimates are obtained. However, we observe that WTP estimates are statistically different from the induced value when conventional distributions are assumed, but they are not when more flexible distributions are assumed. This suggests that flexible distributions can provide more reliable WTP estimates.

Keywords: Demand; and; Price; Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313581

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