Will the alphabet soup of design criteria affect discrete choice experiment results?

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Every discrete choice experiment needs one, but the impacts of a statistical design on the results are still not well understood. Comparative studies have found that efficient designs outperform especially orthogonal designs. What has been little studied is whether efficient designs come at a cost. Thus, we compare four designs with respect to their effect on outcomes, especially willingness to pay (WTP) estimates and predicted market shares. Regarding statistical efficiency all designs perform rather well but the WTP estimates differ significantly on several occasions. This indicates that results are not neutral to the design, even when a high number of observations are available.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftEuropean Review of Agricultural Economics
Vol/bind44
Udgave nummer2
Sider (fra-til)309-336
Antal sider28
ISSN0165-1587
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2017

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