TY - JOUR
T1 - Household's willingness to pay for arsenic safe drinking water in Bangladesh
AU - Khan, N.A.
AU - Brouwer, R.
AU - Yang, H.
N1 - PT: J; NR: 69; TC: 0; J9: J ENVIRON MANAGE; PG: 11; GA: AL0II; UT: WOS:000338810200018
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This study examines willingness to pay (WTP) in Bangladesh for arsenic (As) safe drinking water across different As-risk zones, applying a double bound discrete choice value elicitation approach. The study aims to provide a robust estimate of the benefits of As safe drinking water supply, which is compared to the results from a similar study published almost 10 years ago using a single bound estimation procedure. Tests show that the double bound valuation design does not suffer from anchoring or incentive incompatibility effects. Health risk awareness levels are high and households are willing to pay on average about 5 percent of their disposable average annual household income for As safe drinking water. Important factors influencing WTP include the bid amount to construct communal deep tubewell for As safe water supply, the risk zone where respondents live, household income, water consumption, awareness of water source contamination, whether household members are affected by As contamination, and whether they already take mitigation measures. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - This study examines willingness to pay (WTP) in Bangladesh for arsenic (As) safe drinking water across different As-risk zones, applying a double bound discrete choice value elicitation approach. The study aims to provide a robust estimate of the benefits of As safe drinking water supply, which is compared to the results from a similar study published almost 10 years ago using a single bound estimation procedure. Tests show that the double bound valuation design does not suffer from anchoring or incentive incompatibility effects. Health risk awareness levels are high and households are willing to pay on average about 5 percent of their disposable average annual household income for As safe drinking water. Important factors influencing WTP include the bid amount to construct communal deep tubewell for As safe water supply, the risk zone where respondents live, household income, water consumption, awareness of water source contamination, whether household members are affected by As contamination, and whether they already take mitigation measures. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.04.018
DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.04.018
M3 - Article
SN - 0301-4797
VL - 143
SP - 151
EP - 161
JO - Journal of Environmental Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Management
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