A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation is unique in its clear descriptions of the mostcommonly used nonmarket valuation techniques and their implementation.Individuals... » 

A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation is unique in its clear descriptions of the mostcommonly used nonmarket valuation techniques and their implementation.Individuals working for government agencies attorneys involved with naturalresource damage assessments graduate students and others will appreciate thenontechnical and practical tone of this book. The first section of the bookprovides the context and theoretical foundation of nonmarket valuation alongwith practical data issues. The middle two sections of the Primer describe themajor stated and revealed nonmarket valuation techniques. For each techniquethe steps involved in implementation are laid out and described. Bothpractitioners of nonmarket valuation and those who are new to the field willcome away from these methods chapters with a thorough understanding of how todesign implement and analyze a nonmarket valuation study. TOCList ofContributors. Preface. 1. Economic Valuation What and Why. 2. ConceptualFramework for Nonmarket Valuation. 3. Collecting Survey Data for NonmarketValuation. 4. Introduction to Stated Preference Methods. 5. ContingentValuation in Practice. 6. AttributeBased Methods. 7. Multiple GoodValuation. 8. Introduction to Revealed Preference Methods. 9. The Travel CostModel. 10. The Hedonic Method. 11. Defensive Behavior and Damage CostMethods. 12. Benefit Transfer. 13. Nonmarket Valuation in Action. 14. Whereto from Here? Index. «