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dc.contributor.authorVargas, Andres
dc.contributor.authorLo, Alex Y
dc.contributor.authorRohde, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorHowes, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-16T03:43:05Z
dc.date.available2018-10-16T03:43:05Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0921-8009
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.06.009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/99896
dc.description.abstractDeliberative monetary valuation (DMV) methods have been proposed as a more democratic alternative to traditional contingent valuation methods (CVM) for natural- resource decision making. These deliberative methods are subject to criticisms. One issue of concern is that the socio-economic inequalities among members of the deliberative group may severely impede communication and consequently distort deliberative outcomes. To examine such possibility we applied the deliberative methodology in a case study of forest conservation in Colombia. We found that those individuals who assumed social (environmental) leadership positions tended to dominate group discussion. Nevertheless, the variations in the capacity to engage in group deliberation were better explained by participants' personal characteristics than external constraints or group pressure. Also, there was little evidence that leadership and domination in group deliberation significantly influenced participants' stated WTP. We conclude that DMV is vulnerable to the background inequalities among group members. The democratic potential of deliberative methods should be critically examined in terms of the capacity to communicate effectively and equally.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom104
dc.relation.ispartofpageto111
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEcological Economics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume129
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410499
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3899
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4104
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3103
dc.titleBackground inequality and differential participation in deliberative valuation: Lessons from small-group discussions on forest conservation in Colombia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHowes, Michael J.
gro.griffith.authorRohde, Nicholas


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