支付基础研究费用的意愿：大型强子对撞机上的条件估值实验
Willingness to pay for basic research: a contingent valuation experiment on the large hadron collider
摘要：
越来越多的国家和机构正在投资于大规模的研究基础设施和基础研究。科学发现，这是预期由于区域创新机构，可能有一个非使用价值，类似于环境和文化公益物。本文首次对公众对基础研究发现的支付意愿进行了实证估计。我们专注于大型强子对撞机（LHC），世界上最大的粒子加速器，在2012年发现了希格斯玻色子。除了知识本身之外，没有人知道这种发现的实际价值。我们的研究结果是基于二分选择或有价值（CV）的调查进行符合NOAA的指导方针。这项调查涉及1,022名本科生，他们就读于四个国家（意大利，法国，西班牙，英国）的五所大学的30多个不同学位（包括人文学科）。我们提出两个主要的研究问题：LHC发现的WTP的决定因素是什么？受访者愿意支付的平均供款是多少？我们的研究结果证实，收入，兴趣和对基础研究的态度与支付意愿正相关，而其他潜在的解释变量发挥有限的作用。粒子物理学基础研究的平均支付意愿估计为每人7.7欧元。虽然与其他环境和文化产品的CV研究相比，这是一个很小的数量，但它表明了社会对基础科学作为公共产品的积极态度。
英文摘要：
An increasing number of countries and institutions are investing in large-scale research infrastructures (RIs) and in basic research. Scientific discoveries, which are expected thanks to RIs, may have a non-use value, in analogy with environmental and cultural public goods. This paper provides, for the first time, an empirical estimation of the willingness to pay (WTP) for discoveries in basic research by the general public. We focus on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest particle accelerator worldwide, where in 2012 the Higgs boson was discovered. Nobody knows the practical value of such discovery, beyond knowledge per se. The findings of our study are based on a dichotomous choice contingent valuation (CV) survey carried out in line with the NOAA guidelines. The survey involved 1,022 undergraduate students enrolled in more than 30 different degrees (including the humanities) at five universities located in four countries (Italy, France, Spain, UK). We ask two main research questions: Which are the determinants of the WTP for the LHC discoveries? What is the average contribution that the respondents would be willing to pay? Our results confirm that income, interest and attitudes towards basic research are positively associated with the WTP, while other potential explanatory variables play a limited role. The estimated mean of WTP for basic research in particle physics is EUR 7.7 per person una-tantum. Although this is a small amount compared to other CV studies for environmental and cultural goods, it points to positive social attitudes for basic science as a public good.
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