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Measuring Constructed Preferences: Towards a Building Code

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Payne, JW; Bettman, JR; Schkade, DA
Published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
January 1, 1999

A "building code" for preference measurement is needed in a world in which many expressions of preference are constructed when people are asked a valuation question. Construction of preferences means that preference measurement is best viewed as architecture (building a set of values) rather than as archaeology (uncovering existing values). We describe potential faults in the process of preference construction, offer guidelines for measuring constructed preferences (a "building code") to mitigate these faults, and discuss how the code must be sensitive to the purpose of the valuation (design vs. prediction).

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Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

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ISSN

0895-5646

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

19

Issue

1-3

Start / End Page

243 / 270

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 3802 Econometrics
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 3502 Banking, finance and investment
  • 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Payne, J. W., Bettman, J. R., & Schkade, D. A. (1999). Measuring Constructed Preferences: Towards a Building Code. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 19(1–3), 243–270. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007843931054
Payne, J. W., J. R. Bettman, and D. A. Schkade. “Measuring Constructed Preferences: Towards a Building Code.” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 19, no. 1–3 (January 1, 1999): 243–70. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007843931054.
Payne JW, Bettman JR, Schkade DA. Measuring Constructed Preferences: Towards a Building Code. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 1999 Jan 1;19(1–3):243–70.
Payne, J. W., et al. “Measuring Constructed Preferences: Towards a Building Code.” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, vol. 19, no. 1–3, Jan. 1999, pp. 243–70. Scopus, doi:10.1023/a:1007843931054.
Payne JW, Bettman JR, Schkade DA. Measuring Constructed Preferences: Towards a Building Code. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 1999 Jan 1;19(1–3):243–270.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

DOI

ISSN

0895-5646

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

19

Issue

1-3

Start / End Page

243 / 270

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 3802 Econometrics
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 3502 Banking, finance and investment
  • 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment
  • 1402 Applied Economics