• Media type: Report; E-Book
  • Title: Task independence in stated preference studies: A test of order effect explanations
  • Contributor: Day, Brett [Author]; Bateman, Ian J. [Author]; Carson, Richard T. [Author]; Dupont, Diane [Author]; Louviere, Jordan J. [Author]; Morimoto, Sanae [Author]; Scarpa, Riccardo [Author]; Wang, Paul [Author]
  • Published: Norwich: University of East Anglia, The Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), 2009
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: Verhaltensökonomik ; Öffentliches Gut ; Test ; strategic behavior ; Stated preference ; Strategie ; drinking water ; ordering effect ; Experimentelle Ökonomik ; reference price ; Offenbarte Präferenzen
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  • Description: We present an experiment designed to investigate the presence and nature of ordering effects within repeated response stated preference studies. We formulate a general structural model of such effects and use this to isolate signature patterns for position-dependent effects (learning about preferences or institutions, and the impact of fatigue) and precedent-dependent effects (starting point effects, reference pricing and various forms of strategic behavior). This is tested within a large sample, full factorial study designed to mitigate against misspecification bias and design-induced error variance problems. Non-parametric and parametric analyses are applied, the latter adopting a novel data-driven approach to the detection of ordering patterns. While we find little evidence of position dependent effects, we do find evidence of a starting point effect and various types of strategic behavior including a reference price effect where respondents tend to reject alternatives that are priced higher than recently seen alternatives.
  • Access State: Open Access