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Nonparametric and Semi‐Nonparametric Recreational Demand Analysis
Author(s) -
Cooper Joseph C.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.1111/0002-9092.00038
Subject(s) - nonparametric statistics , waterfowl , parametric statistics , set (abstract data type) , econometrics , recreation , computer science , operations research , statistics , mathematics , ecology , habitat , biology , programming language
This paper addresses issues of specification testing for the travel cost method (TCM). Two nonparametric approaches to TCM analysis are presented. In addition, semi‐nonparametric count models for TCM are developed. A numerical illustration is provided in which the three methods are applied to an actual TCM data set on waterfowl hunting and the results are compared to those from a parametric analysis.