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Three papers in natural resource valuation: Accounting for cross-cultural contexts.
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Three papers in natural resource valuation: Accounting for cross-cultural contexts./
作者:
Hatton MacDonald, Darla Anne.
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119 p.
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 59-12, Section: A, page: 4480.
Contained By:
Dissertation Abstracts International59-12A.
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Economics, General. -
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Three papers in natural resource valuation: Accounting for cross-cultural contexts.
Hatton MacDonald, Darla Anne.
Three papers in natural resource valuation: Accounting for cross-cultural contexts.
- 119 p.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 59-12, Section: A, page: 4480.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta (Canada), 1998.
This is a three paper thesis concerned with environmental valuation in cross cultural contexts. The first paper tests some of the hypotheses outlined in Adamowicz <italic>et al</italic> (1998) concerning potential sources of bias and other problems that might enter the contingent valuation process. In particular, the potential for satiation and cultural differences in willingness to pay are explored. The paper concludes that there are differences in how Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal people in northern Canada place values on natural resources such as the fishery. No strong tendencies to refuse to consider monetary - resource trade-offs were observed in either group. In general, satiation was found to be a negative influence on willingness to pay. Satiation with one's own use of a resource was a significant factor with the Non-Aboriginal population. Non-use values were isolated for the group of satiated respondents. The non-use values reflect the existence values, bequest values, altruism, etc.
ISBN: 0612347753Subjects--Topical Terms:
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