Testing for Budget Constraint Effects in a National Advisory Referendum Survey on the Kyoto Protocol
| dc.creator | Li, Hui | |
| dc.creator | Berrens, Robert P. | |
| dc.creator | Bohara, Alok K. | |
| dc.creator | Jenkins-Smith, Hank C. | |
| dc.creator | Silva, Carol L. | |
| dc.creator | Weimer, David L. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T14:07:19Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:12:15Z | |
| dc.description | In contrast to providing standard reminders about remembering household budgets, does asking survey respondents about their discretionary income and its use affect their voting responses in a national advisory referendum survey? We explore this question using U.S. household data from a unique set of multi-mode random samples (telephone and Internet surveys), and an advisory referendum concerning the Kyoto Protocol. The contingent valuation method is applied to estimate household willingness to pay (WTP) for a split-sample treatment: respondents who only received a standard reminder of household budgets (control group) versus respondents who received two mental accounting-type questions on discretionary income and its uses (treatment group). Results indicate that the treatment significantly influences voting responses and lowers estimated household WTP. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.31215 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31215/files/30020350.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31215 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/546384 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31215 | |
| dc.title | Testing for Budget Constraint Effects in a National Advisory Referendum Survey on the Kyoto Protocol | |
| dc.type | Text |