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Bayesian conjoint choice designs for measuring willingness to pay
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In this paper, we propose a new criterion for selecting efficient conjoint choice designs when the interest is in quantifying willingness to pay (WTP).The new criterion, which we call the WTP-optimality criterion, is based on the c-optimality criterion which is often used in the optimal experimental design literature. We use a simulation study to evaluate the designs generated using the WTP-optimality criterion and discuss the design of a real-life conjoint experiment from the literature. The results show that the new criterion leads to designs that yield more precise estimates of the WTP than Bayesian D-optimal conjointchoice designs, which are increasingly being seen as the state-of-the-art designs for conjoint choice studies, and to a substantial reduction in the occurrence of unrealistically high WTP estimates.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Environmental and resource economics. - Dordrecht, 1991, currens
Publication
Dordrecht : 2011
ISSN
0924-6460 [print]
1573-1502 [online]
DOI
10.1007/S10640-010-9401-6
Volume/pages
48 :1 (2011) , p. 129-149
ISI
000285201100008
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