The first study, “Combining Revealed Preference Data with Stated Preference Data: A Latent Class Approach”, proposes a new framework to combine revealed and stated preference data when the convergent validity assumption is not hold. While a substantial literature assume that convergence of the two elicitation approches in an “all or nothing” proposition; i.e., the RP and SP data are either cons...

In this article we describe the contingent valuation and behavior methods scenario developed in the 1995 Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds Survey. The survey elicits revealed and stated preference recreation behavior data which are used to estimate the value of water quality improvements [4,8]. The survey elicits willingness to pay data which are used to conduct a split-sample scope test [7]. The data a...

Mode choice modelling is commonly done to estimate the patronage demand of the various available transport modes. Since the late 1990’s in South Africa, Stated Preference (SP) surveys and occasionally Revealed Preference (RP) surveys have been used to estimate the representative trip utility attributes and their associated weightings. The transit utility attributes and weightings are also used ...

I wish to thank several people for their guidance and assistance. First, I thank V. Kerry Smith, Michael Hanemann, Cathy Kling, Ju-Chin Huang, and Nathan Knust for expanding my understanding and encouraging my exploration. I thank Don Lien and De-Min Wu for their statistical guidance and David Popp for his editorial guidance. I thank Todd Abplanalp and Marian Martinez-Pais for their excellent r...

background: health workforce shortages in rural and remote areas are a global challenge that almost every health system has to deal with. this study aimed to discover neurosurgeons’ job preferences and propose policy interventions that could possibly increase their retention in rural, remote, or underserved areas. methods: a discrete choice experiment (dce) was conducted in november 2014 with a...