Maureen L. Cropper

TL;DR: The Handbook on Contingent Valuation as mentioned in this paper provides a comprehensive and original reference volume containing invaluable case studies that demonstrate the implementation of contingent valuation in a wide variety of applications, including the use of experimental approaches, an ecological economics perspective on contingent valuation and approaches for developing nations.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to cancel or continue the registration of pesticides that went through its Special Review process between 1975 and 1989, and asked whether this decision could be explained by the reported risks and benefits associated with pesticide use, and by the comments of special interest groups that were entered in the public docket.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate how fuel economy is valued in the Indian car market, and compute the cost to Indian consumers of purchasing a more fuel-efficient vehicle and compare it to the benefit of lower fuel costs over the life of the vehicle.

TL;DR: Landrigan PJ, Raps H, Symeonides C, Chiles T, Cropper M, Enck J, Hahn ME, Hixson R, Kumar P, Mustapha A, Park Y, Spring M, Stegeman J, Thompson R, Wang Z, Wolff M, Yousuf A, Dunlop S.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the welfare effects of in situ slum upgrading programs with programs that provide slum dwellers with better housing in a new location, using data for 5,000 households in Mumbai, a city in which 40 percent of the population live in slums.