Predictors of Social Equity and Price Acceptability Judgments of User Fees

abstract

• This study investigated decision-making process and outcome variables that predict perceived social equity judgments and price acceptability of user fees for visitors to a national forest. Data were collected in onsite interviews of 228 visitors to a USDA Forest Service campground. Hypothetical conditions involving combinations of six procedural and distributive justice factors related to fee policies were created through 12 written scenarios. Five of the six variables were significant predictors in each of the two analyses. The most prominent predictor of social equity was public input. For price acceptability, the most prominent predictor was fee level. Copyright by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

authors

• Ellis, Gary

published proceedings

• Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing

author list (cited authors)

• Park, J., Ellis, G. D., Kim, S. S., Ruddell, E. J., & Agrusa, J.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Park, Joungkoo||Ellis, Gary D||Kim, Samuel Seongseop||Ruddell, Edward J||Agrusa, Jerome

publication date

• January 2007

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing  Journal

keywords

• Clinical Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1300/j073v21n02_07

start page

• 89

end page

• 103

volume

• 21

issue

• 2-3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j073v21n02_07