The Rollout of the Multilevel Governance System: A Source of Reworking the Contingent Valuation Method?

Philippe Bance (1) , Angelique Chassy (1)

1 CREAM - Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée à la Mondialisation

This article analyzes the impact of multilevel governance (characterized by the joint production of public goods by several government level types) on the use of the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). We discuss several compelling reasons for adapting the CVM—which was conceived for a single‐level governance system—as a tool to assist public decision making where multiple levels of government are involved. We argue such adaptation of the CVM promises to allow various public decision makers to discuss the relevance of jointly producing public good, from a shared basis. However, this transferred application of the CVM also illuminates some important difficulties, due to the intrinsic complexity of the method, the highly unequal levels of expertise of actors, and the reservations that it can provoke among some of the latter. The study identifies the key opportunities and problems associated with applying the CVM to subnational education policy evaluation in two territories in Normandy, France.

Mots clés: Rollout Individual Preferences; Public Policy Evaluation; Joint Production of Public Goods; Contingent Valuation Method EU (European Union); Multilevel Governance; Monetization; Agreement to Pay; Public Decision Making

Mots clés: Implementación; Gobernanza Multinivel; Francia Valuación; Producción Conjunta de Bienes Públicos; Método de Valuación Contingente; CVM; Preferencias Individuales; Monetización; Disposición de Pago; Toma de Decisiones Públicas

Mots clés: Gouvernance Multiniveaux; Méthode d'Evaluation Contingente; France; Production des biens Publics; Participation Citoyenne; Evaluation des Politiques Publiques; Déploiement; Monétisation des Préférences Individuelles; Consentement à Payer; Processus de Décision Publique

Mots clés: 关键词: 首次展示; 多层次治理; 估值; 公共物品的联合生产; 公共政策 条件估值法; 个人偏好; 货币化; 支付协议; 公共决策

Domaines: Economies et finances

Philippe Bance, Angelique Chassy. The Rollout of the Multilevel Governance System: A Source of Reworking the Contingent Valuation Method?. Politics and Policy, 2017, 45 (6), pp.1080-1107. ⟨10.1111/polp.12236⟩. ⟨halshs-01965114⟩