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How Has the COVID‐19 Pandemic Affected Outdoor Recreation in the U.S.? A Revealed Preference Approach
Author(s) -
Landry Craig E.,
Bergstrom John,
Salazar John,
Turner Dylan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1002/aepp.13119
Subject(s) - recreation , trips architecture , pandemic , context (archaeology) , covid-19 , preference , revealed preference , survey data collection , geography , business , socioeconomics , demographic economics , economics , econometrics , statistics , medicine , transport engineering , political science , engineering , outbreak , disease , pathology , mathematics , archaeology , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , microeconomics
This study examines the effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on outdoor recreation trips and values using revealed preference data in the context of travel cost method. Demand models are estimated using data on pre‐ and postpandemic trips reported in a nationwide survey of recreation participants. The models incorporate related subjective risk perceptions as postpandemic measures of site quality and account for household‐level factors, pre‐existing conditions, and risk tolerance. Our results suggest that the pandemic had negative effects on recreation visits and values, with risk‐tolerant households and households with pre‐existing conditions taking more trips.