The role of ethnicity and language in contingent valuation analysis: a fire prevention policy application.
From: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
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Date: 7/1/2006
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Author: Ellingson, Lindsey; Gonzalez-Caban, Armando; Loomis, John; Seidl, Andy
In order to satisfy legal requirements, many federal agencies must assess the potential effects of their policies on the public. This is often done through surveys, but frequently those surveys are only administered in English. This paper tests whether there are differences in survey response rates, refusals to pay, and willingness to pay (WTP) across different ethnicities and language for forest fire reduction in the State of California. The ethnicities studied were Caucasian, African ...
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