Choice Experiments Informing Environmental Policy

Edited by Ekin Birol, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, US and Phoebe Koundouri, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, Research Professor, Technical University of Denmark, President, European Association of Environmental Resource Economists, Chair, World Council of Environmental and Resource Economists Associations, Chair, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Global Climate Hub

• Contents:ForewordW.L. (Vic) Adamowicz1. Introduction Ekin Birol and Phoebe Koundouri2. Applications of the Choice Experiment Method in Europe: A Review Ekin Birol, Phoebe Koundouri and Yiannis Kountouris3. Using Mixed Logit Models to Derive Individual-Specific WTP Estimates for Landscape Improvements under Agri-environmental Schemes: Evidence from the Rural Environment Protection Scheme in Ireland Danny Campbell, W. George Hutchinson and Riccardo Scarpa4. Economic Valuation of Environmental Impacts in the Severely Disadvantaged Areas in England Helen Johns, Nick Hanley, Sergio Colombo and Ece Őzdemiroğlu5. How Can Choice Experiments Inform Public Environmental Policies: A French Case Study of Landscape Valuation Jeanne Dachary-Bernard6. Valuing Preferences towards Cultural Landscapes and Rural Heritage: A Perspective from Northern Spain Maria L. Loureiro and Edelmiro López7. Latent Market Segmentation Analysis of Choice Experiment Data and Implications for the EU’s GM Labelling Policy? Andreas Kontoleon and Mitsuyasu Yabe8. Use of Choice Experiments in Assessing the Role of Policy Instruments in Social Acceptability of Forest Biodiversity Conservation in Southern Finland Paula Horne9. Value Inference Using Contingent Valuation and Choice Experiments in the Spanish Forests Pere Riera, Joan Mogas and Jeff Bennett10. Evaluation of Heterogeneous Preferences for Forest Recreation in the UK Using Choice Experiments Michael Christie and Nick Hanley11. Using a Choice Experiment to Inform Implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive: The Case of Cheimaditida Wetland in Greece Ekin Birol, Katia Karousakis and Phoebe Koundouri 12. Using the Choice Experiment Method to Inform River Management in Poland: Flood Risk Reduction versus Habitat Conservation in the Upper Silesia Region Ekin Birol, Phoebe Koundouri and Yiannis Kountouris13. Enjoy the Silence: Valuing Rail Noise Abatement in Trento, Italy Paulo A.L.D. Nunes and Chiara Maria Travisi 14. Concluding Remarks and Future Directions Ekin Birol and Phoebe KoundouriIndex

'. . . a text detailing several recent, state-of-the-art choice experiment studies in European Union countries is valuable for illustrating the usefulness of the method for informing environmental policy. . . Birol and Koundouri have admirably compiled an array of case studies that provide relevant information for European environmental, agricultural, natural resource management and food policy, and that also offer a number of advances in the application and analysis of the CEM. The text is suitable for academics and graduate students with an interest in current applications of stated preference methods and for policy-makers interested in understanding people's preferences for environmental quality. . .'