@article{8dbb809b2def4ded8f22c394c2096654,
title = "Is meta-analysis a Noah's Ark for non-market valuation?",
abstract = "This paper describes meta-analytical methods as they have been applied to non-market valuation research. These studies have been used to review and synthesize literature and, more recently, in benefit transfer. This second use imposes a higher standard on the consistency in economic concepts being summarized and in the resources included in a meta-analysis. To meet this need, the paper proposes and illustrates a structural framework using a generalized method of moments estimator to estimate the parameters of a preference function with the benefits estimates usually encountered in meta-analytic summaries.",
keywords = "Benefit transfer, Meta-analysis",
author = "Smith, {V. Kerry} and Pattanayak, {Subhrendu K.}",
note = "Funding Information: Partial support for Smith{\textquoteright}s research was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under a grant (R-826609-01) and a cooperative agreement with the Office of Water. Partial support for Pattanayak{\textquoteright}s research was provided by USDA Forest Service (Economics Research Unit SRS-01-CA-11330143-441) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Office of Water 68-C-01-142). However, the views reported here do not reflect the opinions of either agency. Thanks are due to Richard Carson and two anonymous reviewers for very helpful comments on an earlier draft and to Hyun Kim for research assistance with the computations associated with the method of moments estimator, Jim Murdoch for assistance in obtaining some of the data used in that application, and Susan Hinton for producing coherent versions of this and several earlier drafts at a record pace.",
year = "2002",
doi = "10.1023/A:1015567316109",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "22",
pages = "271--296",
journal = "Environmental and Resource Economics",
issn = "0924-6460",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "1-2",
}