Willingness to pay to prevent air deterioration.

This study aims to elicit Singaporean and Singapore‟s permanent resident‟s willingness to pay (WTP) for an Air Deterioration Prevention Program (ADPP), using a Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). Pollutants Standard Index1 (PSI) is commonly used to assess air quality in Singapore. In this study, PSI...

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Main Authors: Tan, Hwee Hoon., Chin, Justin King Yang., Lee, Mei Hui.
Other Authors: Chia Wai Mun
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2010
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-354422019-12-10T14:51:36Z Willingness to pay to prevent air deterioration. Tan, Hwee Hoon. Chin, Justin King Yang. Lee, Mei Hui. Chia Wai Mun School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities This study aims to elicit Singaporean and Singapore‟s permanent resident‟s willingness to pay (WTP) for an Air Deterioration Prevention Program (ADPP), using a Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). Pollutants Standard Index1 (PSI) is commonly used to assess air quality in Singapore. In this study, PSI of 45 is selected as a target for ADPP. 212 respondents are randomly selected to value the provision of the ADPP. The ADDP can be viewed as a public or a private good; the former involves attaining the target in both indoor and outdoor air quality while the latter focuses solely indoor air quality. Among the survey distributed, half of the respondents were asked on how much they are willing to pay to prevent air deterioration as a public good and subsequently as a private good and the other half were being asked in the reverse order. Bachelor of Arts 2010-04-16T07:55:11Z 2010-04-16T07:55:11Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35442 en Nanyang Technological University 73 p. application/pdf
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Tan, Hwee Hoon.
Chin, Justin King Yang.
Lee, Mei Hui.
Willingness to pay to prevent air deterioration.
description This study aims to elicit Singaporean and Singapore‟s permanent resident‟s willingness to pay (WTP) for an Air Deterioration Prevention Program (ADPP), using a Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). Pollutants Standard Index1 (PSI) is commonly used to assess air quality in Singapore. In this study, PSI of 45 is selected as a target for ADPP. 212 respondents are randomly selected to value the provision of the ADPP. The ADDP can be viewed as a public or a private good; the former involves attaining the target in both indoor and outdoor air quality while the latter focuses solely indoor air quality. Among the survey distributed, half of the respondents were asked on how much they are willing to pay to prevent air deterioration as a public good and subsequently as a private good and the other half were being asked in the reverse order.
author2 Chia Wai Mun
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Chin, Justin King Yang.
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author Tan, Hwee Hoon.
Chin, Justin King Yang.
Lee, Mei Hui.
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title Willingness to pay to prevent air deterioration.
title_short Willingness to pay to prevent air deterioration.
title_full Willingness to pay to prevent air deterioration.
title_fullStr Willingness to pay to prevent air deterioration.
title_full_unstemmed Willingness to pay to prevent air deterioration.
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