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País: | United States
Título: | Using Choice Experiments to value River and Estuary Health in Tasmania with Individual Preference Heterogeneity
Autores: | Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Data: | 2010-10-17
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Choice experiments; Preference heterogeneity; Mixed Logit models; River health; Estuary health; Tasmania; Environmental valuation; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Resumo: | Choice experiments (CE), also known as choice modelling (CM), are now used widely in environmental valuation in Australia. Many examples assess the trade-offs between river catchment management and socio-economic impacts. There is, however, limited information about the values of Australian estuaries and none of the existing valuation studies addresses catchment management changes in Tasmania.   The CE study described in this report aims to elicit community preferences for protecting the rivers and estuary of the George catchment in north-eastern Tasmania. Results from conditional and mixed logit models show that respondents are, on average, willing to pay between $2.47 and $4.46 for a one kilometre increase in native riverside vegetation, and between $9.35 and $10.97 per species for the protection of rare native plants and animals, ceteris paribus.   The study results are ambiguous about respondents’ preferences for estuary seagrass area. It also shows significant differences between logit models when accounting for individual heterogeneity, and repeated choices made by individual respondents.
Tipo: | Report
Idioma: | Inglês

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ISSN 1835-9728

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Relação:

Australian National University&gt;Environmental Economics Research Hub&gt;Research Reports

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