Measurement of personal values in terms of money or utility can promote efficient public
decisions about environmental and risk regulation, health care, and so forth. Current …

This research synthesis summarises a selection of the notable academic and non-academic
evidence relevant to public attitudes to environmental change in the UK. The aim is to inform …

A good deal of research has recently focused on people's commitment to biodiversity
conservation by investigating their “willingness-to-pay”(WTP). Because of the public's self …

The program of research now known as the heuristics and biases approach began with a
survey of 84 participants at the 1969 meetings of the Mathematical Psychology Society and …

The program of research now known as the heuristics and biases approach began with a
study of the statistical intuitions of experts, who were found to be excessively confident in the …

Participants in contingent valuation surveys and jurors setting punitive damages in civil trials
provide answers denominated in dollars. These answers are better understood as …

This article proposes and tests a model of the causes and consequences of Americans'
judgments of the national seriousness of global warming. The model proposes that …

A “building code” for preference measurement is needed in a world in which many
expressions of preference are constructed when people are asked a valuation question …

This research investigates whether species are perceived differently based on aesthetic and
negativistic attitudes, and whether these and other attitudes, naturalistic activities, and …

People's greater willingness to help identified victims, relative to non-identified ones, was
examined by eliciting real contributions to targets varying in singularity (a single individual …