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A choice modelling case study on climate change involving two-way interactions

Pere Riera, prieram@gmail.com , Marek Giergiczny, mgiergiczny@wne.uw.edu.pl , Josep Peñuelas, josep.penuelas@uab.cat , Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu, pamahieu@gmail.com
 
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Pere Riera, Marek Giergiczny, Josep PeƱuelas and Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu (2012), "A choice modelling case study on climate change involving two-way interactions", Journal of Forest Economics: Vol. 18: No. 4, pp 345-354. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2012.07.004

Publication Date: 0/12/2012
© 0 2012 Pere Riera, Marek Giergiczny, Josep Peñuelas, Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu
 
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JEL Codes:Q51C93
Higher order effectsTwo-way interactionsChoice modelling
 

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Choice Modelling applications can be designed to estimate main effects only or multiple-way interactions between attributes. It has been reported that higher order effects generally account for less than 10% of the choice explanation. Nevertheless, the amount of applications testing for interactions among attributes in environmental valuation is very limited. This paper reports a Choice Modelling exercise valuing climate change impacts on plant cover, land erosion and fire risk in Spanish shrublands. Two out of three two-way interactions were found significant and to account for more than 20% of the choice model explanation. Their contribution to the log-likelihood value was comparable to the one of the main effects variables. Moreover, accounting for second order interactions significantly altered the estimates of the implicit prices of attributes compared to the main effects specifications.

DOI:10.1016/j.jfe.2012.07.004