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Institute for Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Technische Universität, 10623 Berlin, Germany

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Published: 04 August 2021 in Sustainability
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Soil ecosystem services (ES) provide multiple benefits to human well-being, but the failure to appreciate them has led to soil degradation issues across the globe. Despite an increasing interest in the threats to soil resources, economic valuation in this context is limited. Importantly, most of the existing valuation studies do not account for the spatial distribution of benefits that soil ES provide to the population. In this study, we present the results of a choice experiment (CE) aimed at investigating spatial heterogeneity of attitudes and preferences towards soil conservation and soil ES. We explored spatial heterogeneity of both attitudes and welfare measures via GIS techniques. We found that citizens of the Veneto Region (Northeast Italy) generally have positive attitudes towards soil conservation. We also find positive willingness-to-pay (WTP) values for soil ES in most of the study area and a considerable degree of heterogeneity in the spatial taste distribution. Finally, our results suggest that respondents with pro-environmental attitudes display a higher WTP based on the geographic pattern of the distribution of WTP values and attitudinal scores across the area.

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Luisa Eusse-Villa; Cristiano Franceschinis; Mara Thiene; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Alex McBratney; Damien Field. Attitudes and Preferences towards Soil-Based Ecosystem Services: How Do They Vary across Space? Sustainability 2021, 13, 8722 .

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Luisa Eusse-Villa, Cristiano Franceschinis, Mara Thiene, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Alex McBratney, Damien Field. Attitudes and Preferences towards Soil-Based Ecosystem Services: How Do They Vary across Space? Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):8722.

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Luisa Eusse-Villa; Cristiano Franceschinis; Mara Thiene; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Alex McBratney; Damien Field. 2021. "Attitudes and Preferences towards Soil-Based Ecosystem Services: How Do They Vary across Space?" Sustainability 13, no. 16: 8722.

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Published: 15 March 2021 in Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy
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Climate change adaptation is essential for coastal areas. This paper adds to the limited evidence on the trade-offs people are willing to make concerning coastal adaptation strategies along an entire coast of a state (Baltic Sea coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). The trade-offs are conceptualised in a choice experiment in terms of six attributes: the extent of beach nourishment, dyke heightening, cliff protection, access to dunes, realignment of dykes and dunes, and cost in terms of a coastal protection levy. The attributes were selected and designed in close cooperation, among others, with governmental decision-makers. Accounting for preference heterogeneity, we identified three latent groups among the participants of a nationwide online survey in Germany. Respondents who prefer extensive changes, respondents who are willing to pay only for an increase in dyke height, and respondents who are unwilling to cover additional expenses for adaptation. The aggregated welfare measures indicate that an adaptation scenario Recreation ranks highest followed by Safety and Nature. However, the scenarios do not represent unequivocal alternatives and provide essential insights into peoples’ preferences not only to policymakers and the administration in the case study region.

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Jürgen Meyerhoff; Katrin Rehdanz; Andrea Wunsch. Preferences for coastal adaptation to climate change: evidence from a choice experiment. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy 2021, 1 -17.

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Jürgen Meyerhoff, Katrin Rehdanz, Andrea Wunsch. Preferences for coastal adaptation to climate change: evidence from a choice experiment. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy. 2021; ():1-17.

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Jürgen Meyerhoff; Katrin Rehdanz; Andrea Wunsch. 2021. "Preferences for coastal adaptation to climate change: evidence from a choice experiment." Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy , no. : 1-17.

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Published: 18 February 2021
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Adaptation to climate change is becoming increasingly crucial for coastal areas. This paper adds to the limited evidence on the trade-offs people are willing to make to support decision-making on adaptation strategies for coastal protection. The trade-off between alternative protection modes is conceptualized in a choice experiment in terms of six attributes: the extent of beach nourishment, dyke heightening, cliff protection, access to dunes, realignment of dykes and dunes, and cost in terms of a coastal protection levy. These attributes were selected and designed in, among others, close cooperation with governmental decision makers. When accounting for preference heterogeneity, three latent classes were identified among the more than 1800 participants of a nationwide online survey in Germany. Respondents who prefer extensive changes, respondents who are willing to pay for an increase in dyke height but are not ready to give up money for a change in any other attribute, and respondents who are not willing to cover any additional expenses for coastal adaptation to climate change. The results allow to assess a broad range of future adaptation strategies and thus provide not only to policy makers and the administration in the case study region important insights into peoples’ preferences.

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Jürgen Meyerhoff; Katrin Rehdanz; Andrea Wunsch. Preferences for coastal adaptation to climate change: evidence from a choice experiment. 2021, 1 .

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Jürgen Meyerhoff, Katrin Rehdanz, Andrea Wunsch. Preferences for coastal adaptation to climate change: evidence from a choice experiment. . 2021; ():1.

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Jürgen Meyerhoff; Katrin Rehdanz; Andrea Wunsch. 2021. "Preferences for coastal adaptation to climate change: evidence from a choice experiment." , no. : 1.

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Published: 01 February 2021 in Forests
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We investigate the economic benefits of fundamental forest ecosystem services (FES) for the population in Germany at national level in monetary terms and estimate the spatial distribution of these benefits at county level. Specifically, we consider the benefits of timber production, of global climate protection due to carbon sequestration, of recreation for local residents, and of services for nature protection and landscape amenity. Combining information from official statistics and data from valuation studies that are compatible with economic demand theory, we identify spatial drivers of FES benefits and derive generic valuation functions for each of the services. Using a Geographic Information System, these valuation functions are applied to the conditions in the Local Administrative Units (municipalities), resulting in Benefit Function Transfer estimates for each service and each municipality. Afterwards, results are aggregated to NUTS-3 level (counties) and mapped. Aggregate annual benefits of timber production to society as a whole, of climate protection and of recreation services together exceed the ten billion Euro mark—far more than what is reflected in market statistics. Scenarios illustrate the potential for enhancing nature protection benefits particularly by restoring forest biodiversity, as measured by an avifaunistic indicator. The spatial analysis reveals distinct distributional patterns for each of the services. We conclude that a spatially explicit valuation for an entire country is possible even with limited data, which can help policy makers improve the institutional setting in a way that the protection and use of the forests become more sustainable and efficient. After pointing at several caveats, we finally suggest various possibilities for further model development.

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Peter Elsasser; Kerstin Altenbrunn; Margret Köthke; Martin Lorenz; Jürgen Meyerhoff. Spatial Distribution of Forest Ecosystem Service Benefits in Germany: A Multiple Benefit-Transfer Model. Forests 2021, 12, 169 .

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Peter Elsasser, Kerstin Altenbrunn, Margret Köthke, Martin Lorenz, Jürgen Meyerhoff. Spatial Distribution of Forest Ecosystem Service Benefits in Germany: A Multiple Benefit-Transfer Model. Forests. 2021; 12 (2):169.

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Peter Elsasser; Kerstin Altenbrunn; Margret Köthke; Martin Lorenz; Jürgen Meyerhoff. 2021. "Spatial Distribution of Forest Ecosystem Service Benefits in Germany: A Multiple Benefit-Transfer Model." Forests 12, no. 2: 169.

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Published: 20 January 2021 in Journal of Choice Modelling
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This paper argues that choice modelling is a useful approach for all social sciences, while at the same time disciplines such as sociology and political science can contribute significantly to the future development of choice modelling. So far choice modelling has mainly been applied in disciplines that investigate types of consumption choices, be it marketing to investigate preferences for new products, transportation to analyse mode choices, or environmental economics to elicit preferences for public goods. However, using the information that can be gained from individual choices among mutually exclusive alternatives has gained increasing popularity in other disciplines as a powerful tool to test theoretical hypotheses and generate insights into individual behaviour. Examples are the acceptance of refugee shelters in peoples’ neighbourhood, the choice of where to commit a crime or the evolution of social networks. A good point of departure for an expansion of choice modelling within the social sciences is the common foundation that many disciplines share that are gathered under the umbrella of social sciences. Research traditions and theoretical models include rational choice concepts, and choice modelling can be linked to cross-cutting methods, including agent-based models, network analysis, and machine learning. At the same time, disciplines can complement each other in studying choice behaviour, as they can contribute concepts and tools less familiar to the other disciplines. Finally, all social science disciplines face challenges when it comes to issues such as causal analysis, heterogeneity in decision rules, joint decision making, or big data. Choice modelling and a cross-disciplinary dialogue can contribute to meeting these challenges.

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Ulf Liebe; Jürgen Meyerhoff. Mapping potentials and challenges of choice modelling for social science research. Journal of Choice Modelling 2021, 38, 100270 .

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Ulf Liebe, Jürgen Meyerhoff. Mapping potentials and challenges of choice modelling for social science research. Journal of Choice Modelling. 2021; 38 ():100270.

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Ulf Liebe; Jürgen Meyerhoff. 2021. "Mapping potentials and challenges of choice modelling for social science research." Journal of Choice Modelling 38, no. : 100270.

Book
Published: 01 January 2021 in SpringerBriefs in Economics
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This open access book offers up-to-date advice and practical guidance on how to undertake a discrete choice experiment as a tool for environmental valuation. It discusses crucial issues in designing, implementing and analysing choice experiments. Compiled by leading experts in the field, the book promotes discrete choice analysis in environmental valuation through a more solid scientific basis for research practice. Instead of providing strict guidelines, the book helps readers avoid common mistakes often found in applied work. It is based on the collective reflections of the scientific network of researchers using discrete choice modelling in the field of environmental valuation (www.envecho.com).

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. Environmental Valuation with Discrete Choice Experiments. SpringerBriefs in Economics 2021, 1 .

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Petr Mariel, David Hoyos, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Mikolaj Czajkowski, Thijs Dekker, Klaus Glenk, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Ulf Liebe, Søren Bøye Olsen, Julian Sagebiel, Mara Thiene. Environmental Valuation with Discrete Choice Experiments. SpringerBriefs in Economics. 2021; ():1.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. 2021. "Environmental Valuation with Discrete Choice Experiments." SpringerBriefs in Economics , no. : 1.

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Published: 01 December 2020 in SpringerBriefs in Economics
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This chapter is devoted to advanced issues of econometric modelling. The topics covered are, among others, models in willingness to pay space, the meaning of scale heterogeneity in discrete choice models and the application of various information processing rules such as random regret minimisation or attribute non-attendance. Other topics are anchoring and learning effects when respondents move through a sequence of choice tasks as well as different information processing strategies such as lexicographic preferences or choices based on elimination-by-aspects.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. Econometric Modelling: Extensions. SpringerBriefs in Economics 2020, 83 -101.

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Petr Mariel, David Hoyos, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Mikolaj Czajkowski, Thijs Dekker, Klaus Glenk, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Ulf Liebe, Søren Bøye Olsen, Julian Sagebiel, Mara Thiene. Econometric Modelling: Extensions. SpringerBriefs in Economics. 2020; ():83-101.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. 2020. "Econometric Modelling: Extensions." SpringerBriefs in Economics , no. : 83-101.

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Published: 01 December 2020 in SpringerBriefs in Economics
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This chapter starts by briefly presenting the theoretical background of welfare economics and introducing key aspects such as the indirect utility function, the expenditure function, or the concepts of compensating surplus or equivalent surplus. Next, it draws attention to willingness to pay and willingness to accept, essential measures in environmental valuation. Finally, the chapter summarises the basic mathematical notation of the random utility maximisation models used throughout the book.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. Theoretical Background. SpringerBriefs in Economics 2020, 1 -6.

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Petr Mariel, David Hoyos, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Mikolaj Czajkowski, Thijs Dekker, Klaus Glenk, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Ulf Liebe, Søren Bøye Olsen, Julian Sagebiel, Mara Thiene. Theoretical Background. SpringerBriefs in Economics. 2020; ():1-6.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. 2020. "Theoretical Background." SpringerBriefs in Economics , no. : 1-6.

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Published: 01 December 2020 in SpringerBriefs in Economics
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This chapter discusses aspects related to data collection. It focuses, firstly, on sampling issues and, secondly, on the survey mode. Sampling issues include sample size and the type of sampling that enable precise estimates to be obtained. Regarding the survey mode, discrete choice experiments can be implemented by mail, telephone, face-to-face or web surveys. Each of these survey modes has its advantages and shortcomings. They are described and compared in the course of this chapter, addressing an important decision in the planning process of a discrete choice experiment.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. Collecting the Data. SpringerBriefs in Economics 2020, 51 -59.

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Petr Mariel, David Hoyos, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Mikolaj Czajkowski, Thijs Dekker, Klaus Glenk, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Ulf Liebe, Søren Bøye Olsen, Julian Sagebiel, Mara Thiene. Collecting the Data. SpringerBriefs in Economics. 2020; ():51-59.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. 2020. "Collecting the Data." SpringerBriefs in Economics , no. : 51-59.

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Published: 01 December 2020 in SpringerBriefs in Economics
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This chapter describes and compares suitable software for the analysis of basic and advanced discrete choice models. Software packages are classified into proprietary and non-proprietary, according to the operating system required and modelling capabilities. Abilities of both selected commercial (Stata, SAS and Latent Gold, e.g.) and open-source packages (Biogeme and R-libraries) are considered. Finally, some user-written estimation packages for Gauss, Matlab, R and Stata are presented.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. Software. SpringerBriefs in Economics 2020, 125 -129.

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Petr Mariel, David Hoyos, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Mikolaj Czajkowski, Thijs Dekker, Klaus Glenk, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Ulf Liebe, Søren Bøye Olsen, Julian Sagebiel, Mara Thiene. Software. SpringerBriefs in Economics. 2020; ():125-129.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. 2020. "Software." SpringerBriefs in Economics , no. : 125-129.

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Published: 01 December 2020 in SpringerBriefs in Economics
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This chapter focuses on the calculation of marginal and non-marginal welfare measures. It outlines how the calculation of welfare measures is related to the specified model and the assumptions underlying that model. It further describes how the calculation of these measures is affected by the inclusion of preference heterogeneity, including the incorporation of interaction terms to capture observed preference heterogeneity or random parameters to capture unobserved preference heterogeneity. Finally, it discusses how these measures can be aggregated and compared.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. Calculating Marginal and Non-marginal Welfare Measures. SpringerBriefs in Economics 2020, 103 -110.

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Petr Mariel, David Hoyos, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Mikolaj Czajkowski, Thijs Dekker, Klaus Glenk, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Ulf Liebe, Søren Bøye Olsen, Julian Sagebiel, Mara Thiene. Calculating Marginal and Non-marginal Welfare Measures. SpringerBriefs in Economics. 2020; ():103-110.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. 2020. "Calculating Marginal and Non-marginal Welfare Measures." SpringerBriefs in Economics , no. : 103-110.

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Published: 01 December 2020 in SpringerBriefs in Economics
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This chapter addresses basic topics related to choice data analysis. It starts by describing the coding of attribute levels and choosing the functional form of the attributes in the utility function. Next, it focuses on econometric models with special attention devoted to the random parameter mixed logit model. In this context, the chapter compares different coefficient distributions to be used, addresses specifics of the cost attribute coefficient and it pays attention to potential correlations between random coefficients. Finally, topics related to the estimation procedure such as assuring its convergence or random draws are discussed.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. Econometric Modelling: Basics. SpringerBriefs in Economics 2020, 61 -81.

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Petr Mariel, David Hoyos, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Mikolaj Czajkowski, Thijs Dekker, Klaus Glenk, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Ulf Liebe, Søren Bøye Olsen, Julian Sagebiel, Mara Thiene. Econometric Modelling: Basics. SpringerBriefs in Economics. 2020; ():61-81.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. 2020. "Econometric Modelling: Basics." SpringerBriefs in Economics , no. : 61-81.

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Published: 01 December 2020 in SpringerBriefs in Economics
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This chapter concerns different aspects of validity and reliability of a discrete choice experiment. Firstly, it focuses on three essential concepts for assessing the validity of the welfare estimates obtained in the choice experiment, namely content, construct and criterion validity. Secondly, it discusses how the reliability of the recorded choices can be assessed. It then discusses issues related to model comparison and selection. Finally, it addresses prediction in discrete choice models as a way to assess the quality of a model.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. Validity and Reliability. SpringerBriefs in Economics 2020, 111 -123.

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Petr Mariel, David Hoyos, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Mikolaj Czajkowski, Thijs Dekker, Klaus Glenk, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Ulf Liebe, Søren Bøye Olsen, Julian Sagebiel, Mara Thiene. Validity and Reliability. SpringerBriefs in Economics. 2020; ():111-123.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. 2020. "Validity and Reliability." SpringerBriefs in Economics , no. : 111-123.

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Published: 01 December 2020 in SpringerBriefs in Economics
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This chapter outlines the essential topics for developing and testing a questionnaire for a discrete choice experiment survey. It addresses issues such as the description of the environmental good, pretesting of the survey, incentive compatibility, consequentiality or mitigation of hypothetical bias. For the latter, cheap talk scripts, opt-out reminders or an oath script are discussed. Moreover, the use of instructional choice sets, the identification of protest responses and strategic bidders are considered. Finally, issues related to the payment vehicle and the cost vector design are the subject of this section.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. Developing the Questionnaire. SpringerBriefs in Economics 2020, 7 -36.

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Petr Mariel, David Hoyos, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Mikolaj Czajkowski, Thijs Dekker, Klaus Glenk, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Ulf Liebe, Søren Bøye Olsen, Julian Sagebiel, Mara Thiene. Developing the Questionnaire. SpringerBriefs in Economics. 2020; ():7-36.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. 2020. "Developing the Questionnaire." SpringerBriefs in Economics , no. : 7-36.

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Published: 01 December 2020 in SpringerBriefs in Economics
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This chapter covers various issues related to the experimental design, a statistical technique at the core of a discrete choice experiment. Specifically, it focuses on the dimensionality of a choice experiment and the statistical techniques used to allocate attribute levels to choice tasks. Among others, the pros and cons of orthogonal designs, optimal orthogonal in the differences designs as well as efficient designs are addressed. The last section shows how a simulation exercise can help to test the appropriateness of the experimental design.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. Experimental Design. SpringerBriefs in Economics 2020, 37 -49.

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Petr Mariel, David Hoyos, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Mikolaj Czajkowski, Thijs Dekker, Klaus Glenk, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Ulf Liebe, Søren Bøye Olsen, Julian Sagebiel, Mara Thiene. Experimental Design. SpringerBriefs in Economics. 2020; ():37-49.

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Petr Mariel; David Hoyos; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Mikolaj Czajkowski; Thijs Dekker; Klaus Glenk; Jette Bredahl Jacobsen; Ulf Liebe; Søren Bøye Olsen; Julian Sagebiel; Mara Thiene. 2020. "Experimental Design." SpringerBriefs in Economics , no. : 37-49.

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Published: 13 April 2020 in Energies
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Time-of-use (TOU) electricity tariffs represent an instrument for demand side management. By reducing energy demand during peak times, less investments in otherwise necessary, costly, and CO2 intensive redispatch would be required. We use a choice experiment (CE) to analyze private consumers’ acceptance of TOU tariffs in Germany. In our CE, respondents choose between a fixed rate tariff and two TOU tariffs that differ by peak time scheme and by a control of appliances’ electricity consumption during that time. We use a mixed logit model to account for taste heterogeneity. Moreover, investigating decision strategies, we identify three different strategies that shed light on drivers of unobserved taste heterogeneity: (1) Always choosing the status quo, (2) always choosing the maximum discount, and (3) choosing a TOU tariff but not always going for the maximum discount. Overall, about 70% of our 1398 respondents would choose a TOU tariff and shift their electricity demand, leading to a decline in energy demand during peak times. Rough estimates indicate that this would lead to significant savings in electricity generation, avoiding up to a mid to large-sized fossil-fuel power plant.

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Swantje Sundt; Katrin Rehdanz; Jürgen Meyerhoff. Consumers’ Willingness to Accept Time-of-Use Tariffs for Shifting Electricity Demand. Energies 2020, 13, 1895 .

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Swantje Sundt, Katrin Rehdanz, Jürgen Meyerhoff. Consumers’ Willingness to Accept Time-of-Use Tariffs for Shifting Electricity Demand. Energies. 2020; 13 (8):1895.

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Swantje Sundt; Katrin Rehdanz; Jürgen Meyerhoff. 2020. "Consumers’ Willingness to Accept Time-of-Use Tariffs for Shifting Electricity Demand." Energies 13, no. 8: 1895.

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Published: 15 March 2020 in Forests
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The benefits of local recreation in the State-owned forests in Austria (i.e., about 15% of all Austrian forests) are ascertained in this paper. A representative survey of households dealt with their local recreation, perceptions of and disturbances in forests. Total annual benefits of local recreation activities in State-owned forests, such as walking, hiking, cycling and wildlife observation, amount to about EUR 500 per person. Based on the respondents’ valuation of the degree of naturalness and quietude, as well as the options of forest management, the current management increases recreation benefits by EUR 13 per person through increased naturalness, and EUR 1.30 per person and year through increased quietude. Emphasis was placed on the benefits of the current management regime of multifunctional forestry compared to the benefits of a baseline scenario that was drafted specifically for this study, assuming higher levels of lumbering up to the limits allowed by existing nature conservation and forestry laws. The results suggest that forest management has a higher impact on recreational benefits through the naturalness of forests than through reducing artificial noise. A more sustainable forest management could further increase the benefits people derive from both naturalness and lower levels of artificial noise.

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Michael Getzner; Jürgen Meyerhoff. The Benefits of Local Forest Recreation in Austria and Its Dependence on Naturalness and Quietude. Forests 2020, 11, 326 .

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Michael Getzner, Jürgen Meyerhoff. The Benefits of Local Forest Recreation in Austria and Its Dependence on Naturalness and Quietude. Forests. 2020; 11 (3):326.

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Michael Getzner; Jürgen Meyerhoff. 2020. "The Benefits of Local Forest Recreation in Austria and Its Dependence on Naturalness and Quietude." Forests 11, no. 3: 326.

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Published: 04 October 2019 in Journal of Environmental Management
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Small lakes largely outnumber large lakes among the world's lentic ecosystems. Despite being common landscape elements, however, little is known about the value small lakes provide to recreationists. This paper presents results of an economic valuation study concerned with small gravel pits in Lower Saxony, Germany. Gravel pits are artificially created lake ecosystems that, particularly in Europe, are regularly used and managed by privately organized recreational anglers in an angling club context. A stated choice experiment provided insights into anglers' preferences for the abundance of target fish species, biodiversity of taxa other than fishes in the lakes as well as in the lake surroundings, and about the use of gravel pits by other recreationists for walking, swimming or boating. Latent class analysis identified five segments that varied in preferences. For the majority of anglers, the value of angling at gravel pit lakes was improved by an increase in the abundance of predatory fishes. Additionally, the presence of aquatic and terrestrial endangered species at the lakes increased the value of the ecosystems as perceived by the majority of anglers. By contrast, the presence of other recreational uses reduced the value of angling, with swimming being considered the most disturbing, while the degree of shoreline development had the least impact on the recorded choices. The results suggest that managing the gravel pit lakes for high biodiversity and the presence of desired game fish species maximizes the value for anglers. However, also two smaller segments with anglers revealing lexicographic preferences were identified. These anglers expressed either strong preferences against swimming in the lakes or strongly preferred the opportunity to use boats. Lake management may address the preference heterogeneity and the aversion against other recreational uses, such as swimming, by spatial zoning.

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Jürgen Meyerhoff; Thomas Klefoth; Robert Arlinghaus. The value artificial lake ecosystems provide to recreational anglers: Implications for management of biodiversity and outdoor recreation. Journal of Environmental Management 2019, 252, 109580 .

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Jürgen Meyerhoff, Thomas Klefoth, Robert Arlinghaus. The value artificial lake ecosystems provide to recreational anglers: Implications for management of biodiversity and outdoor recreation. Journal of Environmental Management. 2019; 252 ():109580.

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Jürgen Meyerhoff; Thomas Klefoth; Robert Arlinghaus. 2019. "The value artificial lake ecosystems provide to recreational anglers: Implications for management of biodiversity and outdoor recreation." Journal of Environmental Management 252, no. : 109580.

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Published: 01 September 2018 in Forests
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The Austrian Federal Forests (ÖBf), the Republic of Austria’s state-owned company, manages 15% of the Austrian forests; about 50% of the land is devoted to nature conservation. This paper presents the results of a representative survey of Austrian households ascertaining the acceptance of, preferences regarding, and willingness to pay for three different management scenarios. One program would increase commercial forestry, while two other programs would significantly enhance biodiversity conservation. The majority of respondents considers it an important task of state-owned forests to enhance biodiversity conservation. The study reveals that the preferences of the respondents are very heterogeneous. For instance, in addition to socio-economic characteristics, the willingness to pay for nature conservation depends on personal experiences and perceptions (e.g., whether respondents feel anxious in forests), political views (e.g., the acceptance of strict legal protection of natural resources), and opinions on forest policy issues (e.g., preferences regarding privatization of public land). The study places special emphasis on the thorough description and presentation of the scenarios to the respondents and is one of the first European studies to elicit opinions on forest policies regarding public land in an environmental valuation framework.

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Michael Getzner; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Felix Schläpfer. Willingness to Pay for Nature Conservation Policies in State-Owned Forests: An Austrian Case Study. Forests 2018, 9, 537 .

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Michael Getzner, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Felix Schläpfer. Willingness to Pay for Nature Conservation Policies in State-Owned Forests: An Austrian Case Study. Forests. 2018; 9 (9):537.

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Michael Getzner; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Felix Schläpfer. 2018. "Willingness to Pay for Nature Conservation Policies in State-Owned Forests: An Austrian Case Study." Forests 9, no. 9: 537.

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Published: 06 March 2017 in British Food Journal
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Purpose Fatigue effects related to answering a sequence of choice tasks have received much scrutiny in the stated choice experiments (SCE) literature. However, decision fatigue related to the time of day when respondents answer questionnaires has been largely overlooked in this literature even though time of day related fatigue effects are well known in the psychology literature. The purpose of this paper is to hypothesize that variations in the time of day when respondents answer an online food choice experiment will translate into observable fatigue effects in the food choices. Design/methodology/approach An empirical SCE concerning food choices is conducted using a web-based questionnaire for interviews in a pre-recruited online panel of consumers. Timestamps collected during the online interviews provide knowledge about the time of day at which each respondent has answered the survey. This information is linked with knowledge from a food sociology survey on typical meal times as well as biophysical research linking food intake to blood sugar and mental energy in order to generate a proxy variable for each respondent’s level of mental energy when answering the food choice tasks in the questionnaire. Findings Results show evidence of a time of day effect on error variance in the stated food choices as well as the subsequently estimated market share predictions. Specifically, respondents provide less consistent answers during the afternoon than at other times of the day. Originality/value The results indicate that time of day can affect responses to an online survey through increased fatigue and correspondingly less choice consistency. Thus, especially online surveys might account for this in data analysis or even restrict accessibility to the online survey for certain times of day.

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Søren Olsen; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Morten Raun Mørkbak; Ole Bonnichsen. The influence of time of day on decision fatigue in online food choice experiments. British Food Journal 2017, 119, 497 -510.

AMA Style

Søren Olsen, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Morten Raun Mørkbak, Ole Bonnichsen. The influence of time of day on decision fatigue in online food choice experiments. British Food Journal. 2017; 119 (3):497-510.

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Søren Olsen; Jürgen Meyerhoff; Morten Raun Mørkbak; Ole Bonnichsen. 2017. "The influence of time of day on decision fatigue in online food choice experiments." British Food Journal 119, no. 3: 497-510.