Since exclusion seems to be the strategy with the longest tradition among SR investors, we follow Rosen et al. (1991), Anand and Cowton (1993), McLachlan and Gardner (2004) and Dorfleitner and Utz (2014) through confronting our respondents with topics related to ecological, social, and moral dimensions.
Confronting a respondent with a trade-off between good environment and a range of willingnesses to pay may prompt a desire to show general concern for the environment: thus the highest suggested sum of money may be selected.
TTO-10 confronted all respondents with a shorter life expectancy than their actual life expectancy, and this explains why the TTO-LE scores were generally lower than the TTO-10 scores.
When probed on reasons for not confronting or addressing abuse, respondents reported fear of retaliation during later visits coupled with uncertainty about what precisely to do to effectively address abuse.
Several challenges confronting researchers were identified by our respondents, including the risk of disproportionate focus on academic interests and failing to address community priorities; these challenges were also pointed out by other researchers [ 43, 44].
A majority of the respondents considered contingency plan would help them in confronting this situation.
In a 1998 survey, respondents were confronted with this statement: Our government would run better if decisions were left up to nonelected, independent experts rather than politicians or the people.
In the stated preference study, the respondents were confronted with a series of choice situations described by means of accessibility variables as well as land rent information.
One item for example asked respondents: "When confronted with an important, non-routine problem or opportunity, to what extent did your firm develop many alternative responses?" (Miller et al. 1998).
Half of the respondents were confronted with the introduction of a new technology in the last three years.
