The value of water levels in waterbased recreation: A pooled revealed preference/contingent behavior model Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 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.

published proceedings

  • Water Resources Research

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Eiswerth, M. E., Englin, J., Fadali, E., & Shaw, W. D.

citation count

  • 63

complete list of authors

  • Eiswerth, Mark E||Englin, Jeffrey||Fadali, Elizabeth||Shaw, W Douglass

publication date

  • April 2000