Public Library Service Value Assession in Xi’an by CVM

DOI

10.2991/icemct-14.2014.134How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Willingness to pay,Contingent valuation method,Public library service,Value assessment, Xi’an.

Abstract

This study focuses on the relationship library service and residents’ willingness to pay for public library service in the city of Xi’an. As a means of quantifying an individual’s willingness to pay (WTP) for public library service, a contingent valuation method (CVM) was employed. A sample of 525 residents was chosen, based on the stratified sampling method. The respondents’ WTP was then elicited through a series of face-to-face interviews, conducted using a range of hypothetical, open-ended scenario questions. The results showed that 74.7% of respondents were able to express a positive WTP, and that the average WTP was 200 RMB per person, per year in Xi’an..

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Si Shen
AU  - Xiuying He
PY  - 2014/06
DA  - 2014/06
TI  - Public Library Service Value Assession in Xi’an by CVM
BT  - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Education, Management and Computing Technology
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 545
EP  - 547
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icemct-14.2014.134
DO  - 10.2991/icemct-14.2014.134
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