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Can Calibration Reconcile Stated and Observed Preferences?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2005

F. Bailey Norwood
F. Bailey Norwood*
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Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
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Abstract

Hypothetical bias is a pervasive problem in stated-preference experiments. Recent research has developed two empirically successful calibrations to remove hypothetical bias, though the calibrations have not been tested using the same data or in a conjoint analysis. This study compares the two calibrations in a conjoint analysis involving donations to a public good. Results find the calibrations are biased predictors of true donations but that calibrated and uncalibrated models together provide upper and lower bounds to true donations.

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calibrationexperimental economicsforecastinghypothetical biaspublic goodsstated preferencevoluntary contributionsQ51H41
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , April 2005 , pp. 237 - 248
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2005

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