Testing the single opt-out reminder in choice experiments: An application to fuel break management in Spain

Elsa Varela, Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu (), Marek Giergiczny, Pere Riera and Mario Soliño
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Elsa Varela: CREDA -UPC - IRTA - Centre de Recerca en Economia i Desenvolupament Agroalimentaris - IRTA - Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries = Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, CTFC - Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya
Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu: LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - IEMN-IAE Nantes - Institut d'Économie et de Management de Nantes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes
Marek Giergiczny: UW - Uniwersytet Warszawski [Polska] = University of Warsaw [Poland] = Université de Varsovie [Pologne]
Pere Riera: UAB - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona = Autonomous University of Barcelona = Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Mario Soliño: CREDA -UPC - IRTA - Centre de Recerca en Economia i Desenvolupament Agroalimentaris - IRTA - Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries = Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, INIA-CIFOR - Centro de Investigacion Forestal - INIA - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria = National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology

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Abstract: Cheap talk (CT) scripts have been broadly tested in contingent valuation studies to mitigate the effects of hypothetical bias. However, this approach may not fully be adequate when the individual is faced with several choices such as in discrete choice experiments (DCE) because the respondent may tend to forget about the CT script. This paper tests the effects of a single opt-out reminder (SOOR) to lower the hypothetical bias in a DCE dealing with the valuation of social preferences for forest fire prevention programs in Southern Spain. Results show that the inclusion of a SOOR does not contribute sufficiently to improve the CT effect on the DCE data.

Keywords: Cheap talk; Discrete choice experiment; Random parameters models; Scale parameters; Wildfires Willingness to pay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-08
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Published in Journal of Forest Economics, 2014, 20 (3), pp.212-222. ⟨10.1016/j.jfe.2014.05.001⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2014.05.001

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