caa a22 4500 445854618 CHVBK 20180317145424.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10640-010-9423-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10640-010-9423-0 Interview Effects in an Environmental Valuation Telephone Survey [Elektronische Daten] [Min Gong, David Aadland] Because of the lack of markets for many environmental services, economists have turned to valuation surveys to estimate the value of these services. However, lack of market experience may cause respondents in valuation surveys to be more prone to interview effects than they would be with other opinion surveys. Without reference to market price or experience, respondents are less likely to have well-defined preferences, which may cause respondents to be more easily influenced by the interview process and characteristics of the interviewer. In this paper, we investigate interview effects in a random digit dial telephone survey of recycling valuation and behavior. Following previous research in both psychology and survey methodology, we test the direct effects of interviewer gender and race, as well as the interaction effects between interviewer and respondent characteristics. Using data from 130 interviewers and 1,786 interviewees, we apply a hierarchical regression model that accounts for the clustering of interviews and controls for a variety of other confounding variables. We confirm the existence of both direct and conditional interviewer effects. Respondents state higher willingness to pay when interviewed by white or female interviewers than by non-white or male interviewers. There were also significant interaction effects between interviewer and respondent characteristics. The directions of the interviewer effects are consistent with previous survey research and social psychology theories. We also identify some non-traditional interview process factors that have an influence on survey responses. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Interview effects nationallicence Willingness to pay nationallicence Recycling nationallicence Social attribution model nationallicence Gong Min Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, Columbia University, 406 Schermerhorn Hall - MC 5501, 1190 Amsterdam Ave., 10027, New York, NY, USA aut Aadland David Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, 82071, Laramie, WY, USA aut Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Netherlands 49/1(2011-05-01), 47-64 0924-6460 49:1<47 2011 49 10640 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9423-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9423-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gong Min Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, Columbia University, 406 Schermerhorn Hall - MC 5501, 1190 Amsterdam Ave., 10027, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aadland David Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, 82071, Laramie, WY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Netherlands 49/1(2011-05-01), 47-64 0924-6460 49:1<47 2011 49 10640 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer