OBJECTIVE To investigate factors associated with a woman's willingness to pay (WTP) for injectable contraceptives in Tigray, Ethiopia. METHODS We used a multistage random sampling design to generate a representative sample of reproductive age women from the Central Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia to participate in a survey (N = 1490). Respondents who had ever used injectable contraceptives or who we...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) value for life-saving treatments and to determine factors affecting the WTP per QALY value. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey with multistage sampling and face-to-face interviews. SETTING General population in the southern part of Thailand. PARTICIPANTS A total of 600 individuals were included in the st...

BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) affects more than 120 million people worldwide. Efforts to eliminate this disease require sustained community participation. This study explores community valuation of LF elimination efforts by estimating household and community willingness to pay (WTP) for the prevention of transmission and treatment of filarial lymphedema in the community of Leogane, Hait...

Dengan adanya pembangunan Fly over K.H. Noer Ali oleh pihak Summarecon Bekasi, tentunya akan memberikan banyak pengaruh terhadap kegiatan ekonomi masyarakat Kota Bekasi secara keseluruhan. Maka dari itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat kesediaan apabila diminta membayar biaya jasa pemeliharaan dan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi responden nilai tersebut dengan menggunakan metode kontinge...

The objective of the present paper was to provide an estimate of the benefits of on-demand and prophylaxis treatment strategies for severe haemophilia in monetary terms. Using the contingent-valuation method, which simulates a missing market by asking people about their willingness to pay (WTP), we asked a representative sample (n = 609) of the Swedish population if they would be willing to pay...

We show that investors derive utility from non-pecuniary characteristics of investments by studying impact funds, defined as venture or growth equity funds with dual objectives of generating financial returns and positive externalities. Impact funds earn internal rates of return that are 4.7% less than traditional VC funds in reduced form regressions. Based on estimates of a willingness to pay ...

The principal aim of this study is to quantitatively clarify the WTP (Willingness Pay Additional Rent) for “Wellness Offices”.

In the current study, we investigated the effects of several factors on the user’s willingness to pay (WTP) on hedonic social network sites (HSNSs), which includes WTP for HSNSs and WTP online contacts on HSNSs. Integrating the hedonic system use perspective with the social capital based view, we find that a user’s WTP for HSNSs is significantly positively influenced by the user’s perceived val...

The aim of this paper is to determine Korean consumers’ valuation for domestic rice and imported rice from China and the US. Using revealed preference data from random nth price auction mechanism, our results generally suggest that consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for domestic rice is higher than the WTP for imported rice. Results also suggest that while country of origin and food miles info...