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Using Contingent Valuation to Measure User and Nonuser Benefits: An Application to Public Transit
Author(s) -
Painter Kathleen M.,
Scott Robert Douglas,
Wandschneider Philip R.,
Casavant Kenneth L.
Publication year - 2002
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 - 10.1111/1467-9353.00105
Subject(s) - contingent valuation , measure (data warehouse) , valuation (finance) , public transport , business , transit (satellite) , public economics , economics , actuarial science , environmental economics , computer science , willingness to pay , finance , microeconomics , transport engineering , data mining , engineering
Abstract The contingent valuation method (CVM) was used to measure the value of a community service, rural transit, that has both user and nonuser values. Traditional focus groups and a CVM questionnaire provide estimates of willingness to pay and willingness to accept. Tobit analysis was used to test relationships among the variables. Income was not related to the amount of perceived benefit, but the alternative desire to provide transit for others was statistically significant. Ranges for possible total benefits, user and nonuser, are provided for the test transit systems. Proper aggregation of benefits to the population was found to be critical.