Test‐Retesting in Experimental Valuation of Perishable Food Products: Unstable Individual Bids and Reliable Market Demand

One important property of a preference measure is its reliability. In this article, we explore the reliability of experimental auctions in measuring the market demand for five types of fish. We use the test‐retest method to compare demand curves from two Becker–DeGroot–Marschak experiments with the...

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Published in:Journal of agricultural economics 2018-06, Vol.69 (2), p.382-392
Main Authors: Alfnes, Frode, Rickertsen, Kyrre, Shogren, Jason F.
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Auctioning
Auctions
BDM mechanism
Demand
Demand curves
Fish
Food production
Individual differences
Perishable foods
Property
Reliability
Test procedures
test‐retest
Valuation
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Auctioning
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Demand
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Food production
Individual differences
Perishable foods
Property
Reliability
Test procedures
test‐retest
Valuation
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