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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Diamond and Hausman 1994<br />

Describe problems with contingent valuation using surveys<br />

No resource cost to respondents<br />

Lack of consistency in responses<br />

Framing Effects: whales then seals vs. seals then whales<br />

WTP to clean one lake = WTP to clean 5 lakes<br />

Diamond and Hausman: let experts decide based on a budget voted<br />

on by individuals for the environment instead of relying on valuation<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 7: <strong>Public</strong> Goods and Externalities 133 / 138

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