Which Response Format Reveals the Truth about Donations to a Public Good?

Which Response Format Reveals the Truth about Donations t o a Public Good?

Seceral contingent caluation studies hace found that the open-ended format yields lower estimates of willingness to pay (WTP) than does the closed-ended, or dichotomous choice, format. In this study, WTP for a public encironmental good was estimated under four conditions: actual payment in response to open-ended and closed-ended requests, and hypothetical payment in response to open-ended and c...

The Value of Engaging the Public in CHATing About Healthcare Priorities: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Response to Privacy as a Public Good

Most of the legal, philosophical, and social-science thinking about privacy emphasizes its value to the individual with less attention to its value to society. Professors Fairfield and Engel join a growing number of privacy scholars who are probing privacy’s value to society and policy options to protect privacy’s social value. They signal its social importance and also underscore weaknesses in...

Public Participation: Methods Matter; A Response to Boaz et al.

Considerations about the response format of the airways questionnaire 20.

The author has reported to the ACCP that no significant conflicts of interest exist with any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article. Reproduction of this article is prohibited without written permission from the American College of Chest Physicians (www.chestjournal. org/misc/reprints.shtml). Correspondence to: Scott E. Sinclair, MD, FCCP, University...