Economic evaluation of bottled water consumption as an averting means: evidence from a hedonic price analysis

作者: Senhui He , Jeffrey Jordan , Krishna Paudel

DOI: 10.1080/13504850600706040

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摘要: This study alerts researchers and policy makers to the importance of price effect bottle size in an economic evaluation using bottled water as a means avoid health risks from drinking home tap water. It derived proxy for value smaller by analysing hedonic model. The results show that, not accounting size, we can overstate consumer willingness-to-pay safer more than 100%.

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