Cue versus independent food attributes: the effect of adding attributes in choice experiments (2016)
Journal Article
Caputo, V., Scarpa, R., & Nayga, R. (2017). Cue versus independent food attributes: the effect of adding attributes in choice experiments. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 44(2), 211-230. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbw022

We examine the effects of adding an independent food attribute on consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) estimates for both cue and independent food attributes. In three separate choice experiments, a cue attribute present along the entire sequence of c... Read More about Cue versus independent food attributes: the effect of adding attributes in choice experiments.

The influence of genotype information on psychiatrists’ treatment recommendations: more experienced clinicians know better what to ignore (2016)
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McMichel, A., Boeri, M., Rolison, J., Kane, J., O’Neill, F., Kee, F., & Scarpa, R. (2017). The influence of genotype information on psychiatrists’ treatment recommendations: more experienced clinicians know better what to ignore. Value in Health, 20(1), 126-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2016.09.2395

Background This study applies attribute nonattendance to medical decision making. We aimed to demonstrate how this type of analysis can be used in medical decision making to assess whether psychiatrists were influenced in their treatment recommendati... Read More about The influence of genotype information on psychiatrists’ treatment recommendations: more experienced clinicians know better what to ignore.

Valuing landslide risk reduction programs in the Italian Alps: the effect of visual information on preference stability (2016)
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Mattea, S., Franceschinis, C., Scarpa, R., & Thiene, M. (2016). Valuing landslide risk reduction programs in the Italian Alps: the effect of visual information on preference stability. Land Use Policy, 59, 176-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.08.032

Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of weather-related natural hazards everywhere. In particular, mountain areas with dense human settlements, such as the Italian Alps, stand to suffer the costliest consequences from landslides.... Read More about Valuing landslide risk reduction programs in the Italian Alps: the effect of visual information on preference stability.

A note on communicating environmental change for non-market valuation (2016)
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Fu, B., Dyer, F., Kravchenko, A., Dyack, B., Merritt, W., & Scarpa, R. (2017). A note on communicating environmental change for non-market valuation. Ecological Indicators, 72, 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.08.018

Communicating change in environmental condition is a critical component of non-market valuation studies. However, the underlying assumptions and implications associated with alternative ways of expressing change in environmental condition for surveys... Read More about A note on communicating environmental change for non-market valuation.

Choice set formation for outdoor destinations: the role of motivations and preference discrimination in site selection for the management of public expenditures on protected areas (2016)
Journal Article
Thiene, M., Swait, J., & Scarpa, R. (2017). Choice set formation for outdoor destinations: the role of motivations and preference discrimination in site selection for the management of public expenditures on protected areas. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 81, 152-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2016.08.002

Effective public expenditure currently dominates the management focus of many protected areas. This calls for explicit modeling of constraints and motivations that, respectively, obstruct and stimulate visits to selected outdoor destinations. Choice... Read More about Choice set formation for outdoor destinations: the role of motivations and preference discrimination in site selection for the management of public expenditures on protected areas.

Using virtual environments to improve the realism of choice experiments: a case study about coastal erosion management (2016)
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Matthews, Y., Scarpa, R., & Marsh, D. (2017). Using virtual environments to improve the realism of choice experiments: a case study about coastal erosion management. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 81, 193-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2016.08.001

Choice experiment surveys are commonly used to assess the general public's willingness to pay for different levels of environmental quality. However, respondents need to understand what they are valuing or they will make potentially wrong assumptions... Read More about Using virtual environments to improve the realism of choice experiments: a case study about coastal erosion management.

Perceived risks of mountain landslides in Italy: stated choices for subjective risk reductions (2016)
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Thiene, M., Shaw, D., & Scarpa, R. (2017). Perceived risks of mountain landslides in Italy: stated choices for subjective risk reductions. Landslides, 14(3), 1077-1089. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-016-0741-3

Mountain landslides have occurred in countries such as Italy regularly throughout recorded history, often resulting in fatalities. Because of this, policies that would reduce landslide fatality risk need to be carefully formulated. As a first step in... Read More about Perceived risks of mountain landslides in Italy: stated choices for subjective risk reductions.

Exploring The Spatial Heterogeneity of Individual Preferences for Ambient Heating Systems (2016)
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Franceschinis, C., Scarpa, R., Thiene, M., Rose, J., Moretto, M., & Cavalli, R. (2016). Exploring The Spatial Heterogeneity of Individual Preferences for Ambient Heating Systems. Energies, 9(6), Article 407. https://doi.org/10.3390/en9060407

The estimation and policy use of spatially explicit discrete choice models has yet to receive serious attention from practitioners. In this study we aim to analyze how geographical variables influence individuals’ sensitivity to key features of heati... Read More about Exploring The Spatial Heterogeneity of Individual Preferences for Ambient Heating Systems.