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Investigating Internet and Mail Implementation of Stated-Preference Surveys While Controlling for Differences in Sample Frames
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Boyle, K and Morrison, M and Hatton MacDonald, D and Duncan, R and Rose, J, Investigating Internet and Mail Implementation of Stated-Preference Surveys While Controlling for Differences in Sample Frames, Environmental and Resource Economics, 64, (3) pp. 401-419. ISSN 0924-6460 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2015 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
DOI: doi:10.1007/s10640-015-9876-2
Abstract
The increasing use of internet surveys for stated preference studies raises questions
about the effect of the survey mode on welfare estimates. A number of studies have
conducted convergent validity investigations that compare the use of the internet with other
survey implementation modes such as mail, telephone and in-person. All, but one, of these
comparison studies is confounded different sample frames for the different modes of survey
implementation. In this study we investigate differences in internet and mail survey modes
holding the sample frame constant. This is done in the context of a choice-modelling study of
improvements in the RiverMurray inAustralia.We also investigate sample frame holding the
survey mode (mail) constant.We find that survey mode (internet vs. mail) influences welfare
estimates, and the internet welfare estimates are about 78% of the mail welfare estimates on
average. There is not a significant effect of sample frame (internet panel vs. postal addresses)
on welfare estimates for implementation of a mail survey.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Economics |
Research Group: | Applied economics |
Research Field: | Environment and resource economics |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Environmental policy, legislation and standards |
Objective Field: | Environmental protection frameworks (incl. economic incentives) |
UTAS Author: | Hatton MacDonald, D (Professor Darla Hatton MacDonald) |
ID Code: | 103099 |
Year Published: | 2016 (online first 2015) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 24 |
Deposited By: | TSBE |
Deposited On: | 2015-09-21 |
Last Modified: | 2019-02-07 |
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