Correcting for the endogeneity of pro-environment behavioral choices in contingent valuation

Roberto Martinez-Espineira () and Nikita Lyssenko ()

Ecological Economics, 2011, vol. 70, issue 8, 1435-1439

Abstract: In contingent valuation studies, observed behavioral choices often enter as independent variables in the willingness to pay function. However, these variables may be endogenously determined when the error term in the behavioral model is correlated with the error term in the willingness to pay model. We investigate the effects of correcting for the endogeneity of a variable, namely membership status in environmental organizations that proxies unobservable characteristics of the respondents. Jointly modeling the membership variable and the willingness to pay response yields an estimate for the effect of the former that contradicts previous findings but is intuitive and agrees with theoretical expectations.

Keywords: Contingent; valuation; Environmental; attitudes; Bivariate; probit; Endogeneity; Whales (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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