IV Workshop on Valuation Methods in Agro-food and Environmental Economics “Methodological and empirical challenges in Valuation Methods”
Background Objective Call for Papers Registration Program Accommodation About Barcelona Committee	During the last two decades an increasing number of papers have aimed at analysing economic agents’ behavioural reactions to goods, services or policies in a wide range of applications coming from both agro-food and environmental economics (as well as from transport or health economics, among others). Such reactions are considered as a key measure to valuate their viability. Valuation methods, broadly speaking, are based on either revealed/observed (RP) or stated/experimental (SP) preferences. As far as the number of applications has increased, new methodological challenges and modelling approaches have arisen. As a result there is an increased interest among specialists worldwide to exchange information and viewpoints on the latest methodological developments and possible best practices based on the current state-of-the-art. Moreover, comparison of the reliability of results coming from alternative methods has also been a big issue. In this context, the Centre for Research on Agro-food and Development Economics-UPC-IRTA (CREDA), together with the European Association of Agricultural Economics (EAAE) and the Spanish Association of Agricultural Economics (AEEA), will host the IV Workshop on Valuation Methods in Agro-food and Environmental Economics. The I and the II Workshops were focused on specific methods to ascribe values to private and public goods and services that people can choose, namely Choice Experiments and Experimental Auctions, respectively. Scientific discussion within the two workshops pointed towards the need to incorporate uncertainty and risk preferences in Valuation Methods and Economic Models. The III Workshop was specifically addressed to Decisions and Choices under Uncertainty in Agro-food and Natural Resource Economics. The Workshop aimed at contributing to the growing debate on the analysis of risky choices. At the same time, it aimed to make special emphasis on modelling risk and risk preferences in agro-food and natural resource economics. Contrary to the previous three Workshops, which were more specific, the IV Workshop starts a new period characterized by a broader scope which is going to be maintained in the following editions. The aim is to organise this Workshop every year in which the EAAE Congress is not celebrated and to consolidate itself as a space of debate and discussion among young and senior researchers interested in Valuation Methods both from a methodological and/or an empirical points of view VENUE The Workshop will be held in the Escola Superior d’Agricultura de Barcelona (ESAB), at the Politechnic University of Catalonia, in Castelldefels, Barcelona. Escola Superior d’Agricultura de Barcelona (ESAB) Politechnic University of Catalonia C/ Esteve Terrades, 8 08860 CASTELLDEFELS (Barcelona) Spain How to get to the ESAB Important dates: March 31^st, 2012 : Deadline for paper proposal submission April 30^th, 2012 : Notification of acceptance June, 15^th, 2012 : Deadline for reduced fee registration and full paper submission July, 12^th- 13^th, 2012: Workshop For further information, please contact: Anna Pérez CREDA-UPC-IRTA Edifici ESAB (D4) Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia C/ Esteve Terrades, 8 08860-Castelldefels (Barcelona) SPAIN Phone: ++34-93-5521124 Email: eaaeworkshops@creda.es	Organisers

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