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Valuing the Cultural Monuments of Armenia: Bayesian Updating of Prior Beliefs in Contingent Valuation

We use contingent valuation to place a value on the conservation of built cultural heritage sites in Armenia. When we present the hypothetical scenario in the questionnaire we spell out what would happen to the monuments in the absence of the government conservation program. We posit that respondents combine such information with their own prior beliefs, which the questionnaire also elicits, and that the WTP for the good or program is likely to be affected by these updated beliefs. We propose a Bayesian updating model of prior beliefs, and empirically implement it using the data from our survey. We find that uncertainty about what would happen to the monument in the absence of the program results in lower WTP amounts.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 36.2007

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
Thema
Valuation of Cultural Heritage Sites
Non-Market Valuation
Contingent Valuation
Bayesian Updating
Prior Beliefs
Kulturökonomik
Bewertung
Kulturgüter
Willingness to pay
Armenien

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Alberini, Anna
Longo, Alberto
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
(wo)
Milano
(wann)
2007

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Alberini, Anna
  • Longo, Alberto
  • Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Entstanden

  • 2007

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