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Eliciting and Utilizing Willingness to Pay: Evidence from Field Trials in Northern Ghana

James N. Berry (University of Delaware), Greg Fischer (London School of Economics and Political Science), Raymond P. Guiteras (North Carolina State University)

Journal of Political Economy
DOI: 10.1086/705374 (Economics, Econometrics and Finance)
Licence : non indiquée (tous droits réservés)

Résumé : We use the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) mechanism to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for and heterogeneous impacts of clean water technology through a field experiment in Ghana. Although WTP is low relative to cost, demand is inelastic at low prices. Short-run treatment effects are positive throughout the WTP distribution. After 1 year, use and benefits are both increasing in WTP, with negative effects on low-WTP households. Combining estimated treatment effects with households’ WTP implies valuations of health benefits much smaller than typically used by policy makers. We explore differences between BDM and take-it-or-leave-it valuations and make recommendations for implementing BDM in the field.

Publié le 09 Jul. 2019