The papers in this volume present a quite critical assessment of contingent valuation (CV). CV is a survey method that attempts to estimate individual values fo

The Contingent Valuation Method in Health Care is offered as a contribution to improving instruments of political decision making in health care. At a fundament

Contingent valuation is a survey-based procedure that attempts to estimate how much households are willing to pay for specific programs that improve the environ

Provides decision makers, policy analysts, and social scientists, with a detailed discussion of a new techniques for the valuation of goods not traded in prevat

Because water in the United State has not been traded in markets, there is no meaningful estimate of what it would cost if it were traded. But failing to establ