Structurally-consistent estimation of use and nonuse values for landscape-wide environmental change

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Year: 2019
Volume: 98
Issue: C

Score contribution per author:

0.804 = (α=2.01 / 5 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We address the problem of estimating the use and nonuse value derived from a landscape-wide programme of environmental change. Working in the random utility framework, we develop a structural model that describes both demand for recreational trips to the landscape's quality-differentiated natural areas and preferences over different landscape-wide patterns of environmental quality elicited in a choice experiment. The structural coherence of the model ensures that the parameters of the preference function can be simultaneously estimated from the combination of revealed and stated preference data. We explore the properties of the model in a Monte Carlo experiment and then apply it to a study of preferences for changes in the ecological quality of rivers in northern England. This implementation reveals plausible estimates of the use and nonuse parameters of the model and provides insights into the distance decay in those two different forms of value.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jeeman:v:98:y:2019:i:c:s0095069617301419
Journal Field
Environment
Author Count
5
Added to Database
2026-01-24