Abstract
This paper uses the choice experiment method to analyse social preferences
towards a set of agricultural policy instruments that are likely to play a key role in
the post-2013 design of the EU Common Agricultural Policy. It contributes to the
choice experiment literature by incorporating different attribute processing
strategies into stated choice models. By comparing models that consider attribute
non-attendance for individual choice tasks and for the whole sequence of choices,
we demonstrate the impact of different ways of accounting for attribute nonattendance
on model performance and preferences. In addition, we test whether
‘non-attendance to alternatives’, which describes the elimination of alternatives
due to the presence of attribute levels deemed unacceptable to a respondent, is a
relevant information processing strategy in a choice experiment context. The
results clearly show that individuals allocate attention over a reduced array of
information and jointly apply decision strategies that involve attribute nonattendance
and non-attendance to alternatives. The joint consideration of these
information processing strategies results in a significant improvement of model fit
to data, and a better description of respondents’ preferences.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 215 - 232 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of Environmental Planning and Management |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Print publication - 2014 |
Bibliographical note
1023337Keywords
- Attribute processing strategies
- Choice experiment
- Common Agricultural Policy instruments