Incorporating Stated Consequentiality Questions in Stated Preference Research
通过饮用水可靠性调查数据,检验了估值问题与后果性问题顺序对后果性感知的影响,发现顺序影响显著,但后果性感知对投票无显著影响,提示后果性问题并非解决陈述偏好有效性的万能方法。
Although consequentiality has transformed the focus of stated preference research, there are concerns with including elicited consequentiality perceptions in econometric models. We test the effect of varying the order of the valuation and consequentiality questions using data from a drinking water reliability survey. We find that this ordering has a substantial impact on consequentiality perceptions. We address the potential endogeneity of consequentiality perceptions and find that they do not have a significant impact on voting. These results provide caution on the use of consequentiality questions and suggest these questions may not be a panacea for stated preference validity issues.