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: UMR GSP - Gestion des services publics - ENGEES - École Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg - CEMAGREF - Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts

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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: public decision; experimental economics; preference elicitation; décision publique; économie expérimentale; évaluation de préférences individuelles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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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)
Working Paper: Mesurer les préférences du consommateur pour orienter les décisions des pouvoirs publics: l’apport de la méthode expérimentale (2007)
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