Mesurer les préférences du consommateur pour orienter les décisions des pouvoirs publics: l’apport de la méthode expérimentale

Stéphane Robin (), Anne Rozan () and Bernard Ruffieux ()
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Anne Rozan: GSP UMR ENGEES-CEMAGREF, Strasbourg

No 723, Working Papers from Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon

Abstract: Individual preferences must be evaluated to take into account the citizens’ interests for public decisions. Usually, economists assess individual preferences through market decisions. But more often, public decisions impact goods without market prices. Without a market to refer to, evaluating the consequences of a public decision on individual welfare is a challenging methodological problem. In spite of major improvements, preference studies built on hypothetical questions (survey or contingent hypothetical valuations) are biased. Experimental economics is a promising alternative to obtain directly individual valuation for a choice, a scenario or a nonmarket good. Preference study in the lab based on the experimental method is a growing field. This paper aims to present this approach. Precisely, this paper answers the following questions: Why is it interesting to use the experimental method to elicit individual preferences? And how to conduct this category of experiments?

Keywords: experimental economics; preference elicitation; public decision (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B4 C9 D1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2007-07
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Journal Article: Mesurer les préférences du consommateur pour orienter les décisions des pouvoirs publics: l'apport de la méthode expérimentale (2008)
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