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The value of water levels in water‐based recreation: A pooled revealed preference/contingent behavior model
Author(s) -
Eiswerth Mark E.,
Englin Jeffrey,
Fadali Elizabeth,
Shaw W. Douglass
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/1999wr900332
Subject(s) - recreation , preference , trips architecture , revealed preference , statistics , poisson distribution , value (mathematics) , econometrics , count data , environmental science , recreational use , geography , mathematics , ecology , computer science , biology , parallel computing
In this paper we present estimated recreation values for preventing a decline in water levels at, and even the total loss of, a large western lake that is drying up. We use a Poisson version of the count data travel cost model; however, in addition to and in combination with revealed preference (RP) data, we employ contingent behavior (CB) responses to hypothetical questions on alternative water levels and number of trips. The pooled model used allows for tests of differences between results using RP and CB data. This particular pooled RP/CB approach has not to our knowledge previously been applied to examine the values of alternative water quantities in water‐based recreation.