 Knowledge and the valuation of public goods and experiential commodities: information provision and acquisitionGlobal Business and Economics Review, 2007, vol. 9, issue 2/3, 170-182 Abstract: Provides empirical evidence of deficient knowledge of public goods and experiential commodities. It considers whether information provision about the characteristics of these commodities is likely to result in individuals' finding their 'true' preferences, and identifies the nature of information that should be conveyed to enable commodities to be appropriately valued. It recognises that some commodities contain attributes that individuals are unable to evaluate. Furthermore, individuals acquire and filter information about commodities, and these endogenous activities require analysis. Cost-benefit analysis of information acquisition suggests that individuals are less likely to acquire information about public goods than private goods. Even when underlying meta-values of commodities are stationary, perceived values of commodities may vary due to elicitation procedures and information provision, and subsequent crowding out and forgetting of information about the focal commodities. This makes it difficult to determine the appropriate contingent values to use. Keywords: behavioural economics; contingent evaluation; experiential commodities; information provision; information acquisition; knowledge; public choice; public goods; nature conservation; valuation. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:gbusec:v:9:y:2007:i:2/3:p:170-182 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Global Business and Economics Review from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.