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Conducting hypothesis tests with a Turnbull estimator with pooled data drives me crazy
I wrote a referee comment to the effect of: Many contingent valuation method researchers use the nonparametrice Turnbull WTP estimates...
Understanding Bidding Behavior in Multi-unit Experimental Auctions with Latent Class Models
Tanga Mohr and John Whitehead Department of Economics Appalachian State University Introduction The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a cap-and-trade...
A new working paper shows that everything isn’t fine
In which we* use old-timey contingent valuation willingness to pay for a recreation trip questions. After this paper and others...
This looks like something that a real environmental economist might be able to use in their research*
From Data are Plural (10/11): Michigan air permit violations. For local news organization Planet Detroit, freelance journalist Shelby Jouppi has built a daily-updating dashboard of air...
Daily demand and supply: olive oil
From the WaPo (Olive oil prices reach record highs as Spain’s harvest is halved): Extreme heat, wildfires and drought have...
Errata: Estimating recreation benefits through joint estimation of revealed and stated preference discrete choice data
I recently received a request for the NLogit code for this article: Whitehead, John C., and Daniel K. Lew. "Estimating...
Breaking news: “State parks won’t be closed because of the shutdown” (WSJ)
From the WSJ (National Parks Will Close if Government Shuts Down): National parks will close their gates if lawmakers don’t...
I presented a paper in both Alaska and Hawaii this year
It was the same paper. I was excited to boast that I might be the only person who has ever...
Teaching consumer surplus with the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak method in an environmental and resource economics course
The other day in my intro environmental and natural resource economics class we used the BDM method to elicit willingness...
How hard is it to proofread your paper after you use ChatGPT to write it?
From Nature News (Scientific sleuths spot dishonest ChatGPT use in papers) via Retraction Watch Weekend Reads : Searching...
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