Societies prohibit many transactions considered morally repugnant, although potentially efficiency-enhancing. We conducted an online choice experiment to characterize preferences for the morality and efficiency of payments to kidney donors. Preferences were heterogeneous, ranging from deontological to strongly consequentialist; the median respondent would support payments by a public agency if ...

This paper addresses the issues of how learning and fatigue effects related to the repeated choices potentially affect respondents’ stated preferences in a Choice Experiment setting. In a case study concerning food quality attributes in chicken breast filet, the results show that a learning effect is indeed present in a sequence of 16 choice sets, whereas there is no evidence of fatigue effects...

Abstract Experiments on the responsiveness of elected officials highlight tension between freedom to carry out research and right subjects be treated with respect. Controversy emerges from power politicians block or object experimental designs using identity deception. One way resolve this conundrum is consult citizens who, as constituents politicians, have an interest in promoting accountabili...

Objective: To identify whether the time and risk parameters and the factors analysed in previous research predict the success of smoking cessation. Design: A longitudinal survey for smokers who recently started to quit. Time and preference parameters are individually estimated using a discrete choice experiment Corresponding author: Takanori Ida, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, ...