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Comparing Travel Cost Models And The Precision Of Their Consumer Surplus Estimates: Albert Park And Maroondah Reservoir
Author(s) -
Lansdell Nicola,
Gangadharan Lata
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
australian economic papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1467-8454
pISSN - 0004-900X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8454.00207
Subject(s) - recreation , economic surplus , value (mathematics) , travel time , tourism , statistics , geography , econometrics , mathematics , operations research , economics , transport engineering , ecology , engineering , archaeology , welfare , market economy , biology
This study examines different types of Travel Cost Models to estimate and compare the recreational values of two parks in Victoria, Australia: Maroondah Reservoir and Albert Park. Zonal Travel Cost models and a number of different functional forms are used in this study. Standard errors are used to estimate upper and lower bounds for the recreational value estimates, enabling comparison between the precision of the different types of Travel Cost Models and functional forms estimated. The double log functional form city zone Travel Cost Model was chosen as the best estimate for Albert Park's recrea‐tional value at $22.9 million per year. Maroondah Reservoir's best estimate is provided by the double log functional form regional zone Travel Cost Model at a value of $2.5 million per year, consider‐ably less than that of Albert Park. Albert Park is found to have a comparatively larger ‘proximity power’ (attracting many more visitors) while Maroondah Reservoir exhibited a larger degree of ‘pulling power’ (a higher proportion of its visitors travel further distances).