Testing for Budget Constraint Effects in a National Advisory Referendum Survey on the Kyoto Protocol

Hui Li, Robert Berrens, Alok Bohara, Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, Carol L. Silva and David Weimer

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2005, vol. 30, issue 2, 17

Abstract: In contrast to providing standard reminders about remembering household budgets, does asking survey respondents about their discretionary income and its use affect their voting responses in a national advisory referendum survey? We explore this question using U.S. household data from a unique set of multi-mode random samples (telephone and Internet surveys), and an advisory referendum concerning the Kyoto Protocol. The contingent valuation method is applied to estimate household willingness to pay (WTP) for a split-sample treatment: respondents who only received a standard reminder of household budgets (control group) versus respondents who received two mental accounting-type questions on discretionary income and its uses (treatment group). Results indicate that the treatment significantly influences voting responses and lowers estimated household WTP.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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