.................... method puts direct question to individuals to determine how much they might willing to pay for environmental resources.
Contingent valuation method
Environmental goods such as clean air, wetlands or scenic landscapes are rarely traded in markets, so economists use non-market valuation techniques to estimate their worth. These techniques fall into stated-preference methods, which ask people directly, and revealed-preference methods, which infer value from observed behaviour.
The contingent valuation method is the main stated-preference technique. Through surveys it presents respondents with a hypothetical scenario and asks directly how much they would be willing to pay for an environmental improvement, or willing to accept for a loss. The answer is ‘contingent’ on the hypothetical market described.
The travel cost method infers the value of a recreational site from what visitors spend to reach it. Hedonic pricing infers value from price differences in related markets, for example higher house prices near parks. The preventive expenditure method uses what people spend to avoid environmental damage. All three are indirect, revealed-preference approaches and do not ask direct questions.
Contingent valuation method option is correct.
Arrange the following in descending order according to the extent of expenditure of Union Government in Budget 2023-24.
(i) Central Sector Schemes
(ii) Interest Payments
(iii) States' share of taxes and duties
(iv) Centrally sponsored schemes
What is the point elasticity when price is 12 rupees for the demand function P = 60 – 3q.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| (a) 12th Finance Commission | (i) Dr. Vijay Kelkar |
| (b) 13th Finance Commission | (ii) Dr. C. Rangarajan |
| (c) 14th Finance Commission | (iii) N. K. Singh |
| (d) 15th Finance Commission | (iv) Y. V. Reddy |
Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d)
Why does a firm under perfect competition continue to operate in the long run despite earning only normal/zero profits ?
When the Total Product (TP) is maximum, the Average Product (AP) is _____ and the Marginal Product (MP) is _____ .
What is the short run supply curve of a firm in a perfectly competitive market ?
According to Bergson-Samuelson social welfare function approach, social welfare is maximized when _____ .
In Chamberlin’s alternative approach, why does the excess capacity of a monopolistically competitive firm emerge ?
Which of the following term is more important in welfare economics and in designing government policy ?
To maintain price leadership, a dominant firm must ensure that _____ .
.................... is a client server application that identifies each host on the internet with a unique user-friendly name.
Every OS has a ................ or .......... which primarily resides in the main memory of the computer to perform some of the basic functions of the OS.
(i) Kernel
(ii) Interface
(iii) Nucleus
(iv) Compiler
Codes:
Which of the following are referred to as low level language?
(i) Machine language
(ii) Assembly language
(iii) High level language
(iv) Natural language
Codes:
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) New York Public Library | (i) Shelv AR |
| (b) Miami University Augmented Research Group | (ii) Smart library |
| (c) Oula University Library | (iii) Wolf Walk |
| (d) North Carolina State University | (iv) Find the future |
Codes:
Which part of the QR code represents the encoded data?