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A General Treatment of 'Don't Know' Responses from Choice Experiments

Balcombe, Kelvin, Fraser, Iain M (2011) A General Treatment of 'Don't Know' Responses from Choice Experiments. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 38 (2). pp. 171-191. ISSN 1464-3618. (doi:10.1093/erae/jbr010) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:40537)

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Abstract

In this paper, a modelling approach is developed for the treatment of ‘don't know’(DK) responses, within choice experiments (CEs). A DK option is motivated by the need to allow respondents the opportunity to express uncertainty. Our model explains a DK using an entropy measure of the similarity between options given to respondents within the CE. We illustrate our model by applying it to a CE examining consumer preferences for nutrient contents in food. We find that similarity between options in a given choice set does explain the tendency for respondents to report DK.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1093/erae/jbr010
Additional information: number of additional authors: 1;
Uncontrolled keywords: choice experiment, respondent uncertainty, Bayesian methods
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics
Depositing User: Stewart Brownrigg
Date Deposited: 07 Mar 2014 00:05 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:15 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/40537 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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