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Economists and others have long believed that by balancing the
costs of such public goods as air quality and wilderness areas
against their benefits, informed policy choices can be made. But
the problem of putting a dollar value on cleaner air or water and
other goods not sold in the marketplace has been a major stumbling
block. Mitchell and Carson, for reasons presented in this book,
argue that at this time the contingent valuation (CV) method offers
the most promising approach for determining public willingness to
pay for many public goods---an approach likely to succeed, if used
carefully, where other methods may fail. The result of ten years of
research by the authors aimed at assessing how surveys might best
be used to value public goods validly and reliably, this book makes
a major contribution to what constitutes best practice in CV
surveys. Mitchell and Carson begin by introducing the contingent
valuation method, describing how it works and the nature of the
benefits it can be used to measure, comparing it to other methods
for measuring benefits, and examining the data-gathering technique
on which it is based---survey research. Placing contingent
valuation in the larger context of welfare theory, the authors
examine how the CV method impels a deeper understanding of
willingness-to-pay versus willingness-to-accept compensation
measures, the possibility of existence values for public goods, the
role of uncertainty in benefit valuation, and the question of
whether a consumer goods market or a political goods market
(referenda) should be emulated. In developing a CV methodology, the
authors deal with issues of broader significance to survey
research. Their model of respondent error is relevant to current
efforts to frame a theory of response behavior and bias typology
will interest those considering the cognitive aspects of answering
survey questions. Mitchell and Carson conclude that the contingent
valuation method can obtain valid valuation information on public
goods, but only if the method is applied in a way that addresses
the potential sources of error and bias. They end their book by
providing guidelines for CV practitioners, a list of questions that
should be asked by any decision maker who wishes to use the
findings of a CV study, and suggestions for new applications of
contingent valuation. Additional features include a comprehensive
bibliography of the CV literature and an appendix summarizing more
than 100 CV studies.
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The Klansman (DVD)
Richard Burton, Lee Marvin, Cameron Mitchell, Lola Falana, Luciana Paluzzi, …
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Interracial strife hits Atoka County, Alabama in Director Terence
Young's tense thriller. When local white woman Nancy Poteet (Linda
Evans) is raped one night, apparently by a black man, the
subsequent murder of a black teenager threatens to undermine the
fragile balancing act of local County Sheriff 'Big Track' Bascomb
(Lee Marvin). Undermined by his Klan-supporting deputy (Cameron
Mitchell) and local employer/Mayor, Hardy Riddle (David
Huddlestone), Bascomb tries to keep the lid on the powder-keg of a
potential race-war.
A collection of short films shot for the music of Icelandic
post-rock band Sigur Ros. Sigur Ros are known for their haunting,
ethereal music and elements of mystique to their onstage and
offstage personas. For their 2012 album 'Valtari' the band enlisted
a number of film makers including Ramin Bahrani, Alma Har'el and
John Cameron Mitchell to produce a video for each of the album's
tracks. Interested in exploring concepts of artistic freedom, the
band gave the directors no instructions and simply allowed them to
produce whatever images came to mind when they listened to the
music.
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