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Analysing options for the Red Gum Forests along the Murray River
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Dumsday,   Robert G.; Gillespie,   Robert.
The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council is conducting an investigation into the management of the public land River Red Gum Forests of the Murray River Valley in Victoria. In this paper the authors apply the results of an earlier Choice Modelling exercise commissioned by VEAC to estimate the non-use values of the forests. A Benefit Cost Analysis of VEAC's draft recommendations included assessment of the market and non market values associated with different River Red Gum forest management strategies. It is concluded that the use of water for environmental flows is competitive with its use for irrigation. Other economic values associated with timber harvesting, grazing and duck hunting are small in comparison with the water values.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice Modelling; Environment; River Red Gums; Benefit Cost Analysis; Water Resources; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6029

Australasian environmental economics: contributions, conflicts and ‘cop-outs’
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Australian and New Zealand environmental economists have played a significant role in the development of concepts and their application across three fields within their subdiscipline: non-market valuation, institutional economics and bioeconomic modelling. These contributions have been spurred on by debates within and outside the discipline. Much of the controversy has centred on the validity of valuations generated through the application of stated preference methods such as contingent valuation. Suggestions to overcome some shortcomings in the work of environmental economists include the commissioning of a sequence of non-market valuation studies to fill existing gaps to improve the potential for benefit transfer.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Bioeconomic modelling; Institutional economics; Non-market valuation; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118501

A Choice Modelling Survey of Community Attitudes to Improvements in Environmental Quality in NSW Catchments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazur,   Kasia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The survey was designed to estimate environmental values suitable for integration into MOSAIC, a bio-economic model for catchment and farm level planning. Local residents, as well as distant rural and distant urban communities, were surveyed in three NSW catchments (Lachlan, Namoi and Hawkesbury-Nepean) using choice modelling (CM). The survey aimed to find out respondents’ attitudes about, and preferences for, potential natural resource management (NRM) improvements. In total, 3,997 responses were collected from seven different locations in NSW. Fourteen split samples were established to allow for testing of incentive compatibility in CM, the impact of respondent location on values held, and scale effects.   This research report describes the development...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Nonmarket valuation; Choice modelling; Survey; Questionnaire design; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94813

Willingness to pay for recycling food waste in the Brisbane Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gillespie,   Robert; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Kerbside recycling in Australia has focused on paper, cardboard, plastics and bottles and in some areas green waste. Another area for potential kerbside recycling is organic waste. This study uses a dichotomous choice contingent valuation format with follow-up open-ended willingness to pay question to estimate the household willingness to pay for the introduction of a kerbside recycling scheme for kitchen waste. Two provision rules were used. The first sample split contained a majority decision rule while the second sample split contained a provision rule where participation is voluntary. Households across the Brisbane statistical sub-division currently pay in the order of $250 per annum for their kerbside waste collection scheme. This study indicates that...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107804

Valuing the Protection of Victorian Forests: Murray River Red Gums, and East Gippsland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Dumsday,   Robert G.
The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council, in developing recommendations for the Victorian Government on the future management of public lands forests along he Murray River, and in East Gippsland, commissioned an analysis of environmental protections values. This paper reports the results of a choice modeling application that provides that analysis. Values for improved environmental conditions, as described by attributes relating to the forest composition, its wildlife characteristics and recreational opportunities, were estimated for sub-samples of households in Melbourne and in various regions around Victoria. The usefulness of the results as inputs to benefit cost analyses of policy alternatives is assessed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Forests; Victoria; Choice modeling; Benefit cost analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10366

Using focus groups to design a choice modelling questionnaire for estimating natural resource management benefits in NSW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazur,   Kasia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
In this study, focus group discussions were used to design a choice modelling (CM) questionnaire to estimate community wide values for the environmental and social benefits provided by natural resource management changes in the Namoi, Lachlan and Hawkesbury-Nepean catchments. This report describes the logistics of the focus groups and outlines the main conclusions drawn from the discussions. The research team conducted eight focus groups in the main urban areas of the regions where the CM survey will be conducted (Tamworth, Cowra, Goulburn and Sydney). How the CM questionnaire was developed with focus group participant input is also discussed in the report. The focus group meetings resulted in a draft questionnaire to be refined in consultation with...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Focus groups; Choice modelling; Questionnaire design; Natural resource management.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94801

The Impacts of Attribute Level Framing and Changing Cost Levels on Choice Experiments Value Estimates
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Choice Experiments (CE) are increasingly used to estimate the values of environmental goods and services. CE questionnaires represent the environmental good under valuation by varying levels of non-market attributes. Inclusion of a cost attribute enables the estimation of monetary values for changes in the non-market attributes presented. The ways in which the levels of the attributes are described in the survey - the ‘attribute frame’ - may affect respondents’ choices. Furthermore, varying levels of the cost attribute may impact CE value estimates. The challenge for CE practitioners is to identify the ‘appropriate’ attribute frames and cost levels. In this paper, the impacts of changing cost levels and the impacts of describing non-market attributes as...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice Experiments; Environmental Valuation; Bias; Tasmania; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59091

Protecting the Booroolong Frog in the Namoi Catchment: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greyling,   Tertius; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The Booroolong frog project in the Namoi Catchment represents an environmental investment to protect the species and around 10.7 kilometres of its habitat in the catchment. The project’s benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of 8.6 indicates that the benefits outweigh the costs by a significant margin. The measures introduced by landholders, at relatively low cost, should therefore result in a significant return on investment upon project completion in 10 years time. The benefits are estimated using a choice modelling study which was recently developed for the valuation of investment in natural resource management in the Namoi Catchment. As this is a largely ex ante cost-benefit analysis, the BCR is subject to uncertainty associated with assumptions which had to be...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Cost-benefit analysis; Benefit-cost ratio; Choice modelling; Booroolong Frog; Namoi Catchment; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107851

Decision-Making in a Social Welfare Context
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scarborough,   Helen; Burton,   Michael P.; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
This paper presents analysis of the decision-making strategies adopted by respondents when confronted with potential policy options that include changes in both aggregate levels of welfare and equity in distribution. The analysis is based on the results of a choice experiment designed to estimate intergenerational distributional preferences. Non-linear welfare functions are employed within a conventional conditional logit framework. The heuristics employed by respondents in the stated preference context provide valuable insights into the application of welfare principles by respondents in determining trade-offs between the potential changes in the well-being of different generations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Intergenerational Equity; Distribution; Choice modelling; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47622

Ordering effects and strategic response in discrete choice experiments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scheufele,   Gabriela; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
This study explores ordering effects and response strategies in repeated binary discrete choice experiments (DCE). Mechanism design theory and empirical evidence suggest that repeated choice tasks per respondent introduce strategic behavior. We find evidence that the order in which choice sets are presented to respondents may provide strategic opportunities that affect choice decisions (‘strategic response’). The findings propose that the ‘strategic response’ does not follow strong cost-minimization but other strategies such as weak cost-minimization or good deal/ bad deal heuristics. Evidence further suggests that participants, as they answer more choice questions, not only make more accurate choices (‘institutional learning’) but may also become...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Discrete choice experiments; Incentive compatibility; Mixed logit models; Ordering effects; Repeated binary choice task; Response strategies; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107743

Where the rubber hits the road: Biodiversity conservation incentives in theory and practice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coggan,   Anthea; Whitten,   Stuart M.; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The lack of appropriate incentives through conventional markets is a major cause of deterioration of biodiversity on private land. In response, governments often intervene through changing the incentives faced by landholders. There are, however, potentially many ways that the incentives to private landholders could encourage improved conservation of native vegetation on private lands. These policies and incentives leverage change in different ways and are suited to differing opportunities and objectives and incur different costs. Our goal in this paper is to provide some guidance to support incentive selection and design decisions. We initially develop a framework for incentive decision, design and implementation. The framework is supported and illustrated...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Incentives; Private land; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10397

Choice modelling in the development of natural resource management strategies in NSW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazur,   Kasia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Protecting environmental services generates social benefits. At the same time, private landholders supplying these benefits may face some costs. To provide these services efficiently, policy makers need information about community values for the environment as well as landholders’ costs.   This study explores how choice modelling (a non-market valuation technique) is used to estimate comment values. These include use and non-use values for increasing environmental quality in NSW catchments. Non-market valuation techniques for estimating environmental values are reviewed. This is followed by a discussion of methodological aspects of the choice modelling technique and its potential as a regional planning tool for Catchment Management Authorities (CMA’s)
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Nonmarket valuation; Choice modelling; Trade-offs; Bio-physical modelling; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94716

RESPONDENTS TO CONTINGENT VALUATION SURVEYS: CONSUMERS OR CITIZENS (BLAMEY, COMMON AND QUIGGIN, AJAE 39:3) - A COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rolfe,   John; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Blarney, Common and Quiggin (1995) (BCQ) suggest that responses to contingent valuation (CV) questionnaires may be framed either according to the extent of individual benefits received, or according to wider views about ethical frameworks, impacts on other people, or desired societal levels. They characterise the individual benefit approach as a consumer model, and responses indicating wider concerns as citizen preferences. Citizen value responses are held to invalidate the economic assumptions underlying the use of CV. Hence, they hypothesize that the incorporation of CV results into benefit-cost analysis is problematic.  In this comment we suggest that there are several flaws with the citizen value hypothesis. These can be grouped into arguments about...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22393

Testing the validity of responses to contingent valuation questioning
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Morrison,   Mark; Blamey,   Russell K.
One way of assessing the validity of results generated through the application of the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) is through the analysis of response sensitivity to factors expected to have an influence. Scope testing involves presenting at least two alternative impact scenarios to population sub‐samples and testing for differences between the estimates generated. Most applications of the CVM in Australia have not involved scope testing and those that have yielded mixed results. These studies are reviewed. The results of scope sensitivity and other validity tests are presented for a study aimed at estimating the value of environmental damage caused by dryland salinity in the Upper South East of South Australia.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117226

Location differences in communities’ preferences for environmental improvements in selected NSW catchments: A Choice Modelling approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazur,   Kasia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
A choice modelling (CM) study was conducted to elicit household willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements in environmental quality in three NSW catchments (Lachlan, Namoi and Hawkesbury-Nepean). This paper presents results of research designed to investigate variations in WTP across different communities including local residents, distant/urban and distant/rural residents. Nine split samples were established to test for ‘location effect’. The analysis involved both conditional logit and random parameters logit models.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice modelling; Location effects; Non-market valuation; Catchment planning; Environment 1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47946

VALUING BOTANIC COLLECTIONS: A COMBINED TRAVEL-COST AND CONTINGENT VALUATION SURVEY IN AUSTRALIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mwebaze,   Paul; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The economic value of biological collections in three major botanic gardens in Australia was estimated using the Travel-Cost (TC) and Contingent Valuation (CV) methods. The study used truncated count data models to control for the non-negative integer and truncation properties of the number of visits to botanic gardens in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. We estimate consumer surplus values of approximately $34 per trip to each botanic garden, resulting in the total social welfare estimate of approximately $96.9 million in 2010 Australian dollars. This result is relatively high compared to similar studies conducted in other countries. Willingness to pay (WTP) for entry fees and or higher parking charges for access to botanic gardens were also investigated....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic value; Botanic gardens; Biological collections; Willingness to pay; Travel-cost method; Contingent valuation method.; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100688

A THRESHOLD VALUE ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED FOREST RESERVES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Threshold Value Analysis (TVA) may be a useful input into natural resource decision making when non-market values are involved. The decision rule under a TVA is to protect a natural resource if the (non-marketed and unquantified) benefits so arising are deemed to be greater than a threshold value defined by the (marketed and quantified) developmental benefits foregone. In this paper, threshold values are calculated for a range of forest protection options being considered under the Regional Forestry Agreements being negotiated in New South Wales. A static analysis is first undertaken. This is then enhanced by the incorporation of factors that affect the alternative streams of value through time. Extensive sensitivity testing to demonstrate the impact of...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123768

Australian economic development and the environment: conflict or synergy?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Gillespie,   Robert; Dumsday,   Robert G.
The populist view of economic development and the environment is that advances in one will necessarily result in a decline in the other. Evidence in the Australian context is that the dual goals can be achieved simultaneously. As economic development progresses, the increasing levels of income stimulate greater demand for environmental improvements. The population engages in more environmentally focused consumption and calls for its governments to introduce more policies designed to rehabilitate and protect environmental assets. Concurrently, the increasing levels of wealth allow for increasing expenditure on research and development into production processes that generate greater productivity and less environmental damage. The Australian agricultural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic development; Environmental protection; Agriculture; Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Political Economy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6040

Integrated Hydro-Economic Modelling: Challenges and Experiences in an Australian Catchment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Integrated catchment policies are widely used to manage natural resources in Australian catchments. Integration of environmental processes with socio-economic systems is often difficult due to the limitations of decision support tools. To support assessments of the environmental and economic trade-offs of changes in catchment management, fully integrated models are needed.   This research demonstrates a Bayesian Network (BN) approach to integrating environmental modelling with economic valuation. The model incorporates hydrological, ecological and economic models for the George catchment in Tasmania. Choice experiments were used to elicit information about the non-market costs and benefits of environmental changes. This allows the efficiency of alternative...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Hydro-economic modelling; Integrated catchment modelling; Ecological modelling; Valuation; Bayesian networks; Water quality; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94815

Cost-Benefit Analysis of the protection of Malleefowl in the Lachlan Catchment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greyling,   Tertius; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
A cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of an investment in the protection of malleefowl and associated native vegetation in the Lachlan Catchment’s central-west yielded a benefit-cost ratio of 1.4. The CBA is based on project expenditures over the past four years coupled with benefit estimates from a recent Choice Modelling study in the Lachlan Catchment. The project targets the protection of malleefowl on private land which has not yet been surveyed but where the species is known to be present. The CBA is subject to significant uncertainty due to a lack of available data. Nonetheless, sensitivity analysis indicates that the BCR is consistently larger than unity, if marginal in some cases. This suggests that the project is a worthwhile investment at this early...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Cost-benefit analysis; Benefit-cost ratio; Choice modelling; Malleefowl; Lachlan Catchment; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107849

PROSPECTS FOR CONTINGENT VALUATION: LESSONS FROM THE SOUTH-EAST FORESTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Carter,   Marc.
The Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) has been strongly criticised in Australia following two prominent applications. The aims in this paper are to review these criticisms and to demonstrate how, through an application of the method, these potential problems were addressed. The results of the application - a valuation of the conservation benefits of the National Estate forests of Southeastern Australia - are presented. A key feature of the application was the use of focus group testing in the questionnaire design phase. Finally, an assessment is made of the future prospects for the use of the CVM in Australia.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22615

Designing choice experiments to incorporate tests for geographic scale and scope differences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rolfe,   John; Windle,   Jill; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Designing a choice modelling (CM) experiment to place a value on increasing protection of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) raises complex issues. The size and diversity of the GBR, and the number of different pressures impacting on it, mean protection and improvement scenarios can be drafted in several different ways. This report discusses some of the considerations in selecting, describing and combining choice attributes. It also looks at how to incorporate tests for geographic scale (size) and scope (complexity) differences into the design of the CM survey instrument. The potential to include information about management options designed to achieve increased protection, and the associated risk and uncertainty, is also discussed.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Choice modelling; Scale; Scope; Coral reef; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94802

Designing choice experiments to Test for Anchoring and Framing Effects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Choice experiments (CE) are increasingly used as a stated preference technique to value changes in non-market goods. Respondents to a CE survey are asked to make repeated choices between alternatives. Each alternative is described by a number of attributes – the attributes levels vary across alternatives and choice sets. A monetary attribute is typically included so that marginal values for changes in the non-market attributes presented can be estimated.   The monetary attribute has central importance. However, there has been limited research on the impacts on respondents’ choices of changing the (range in) levels of the monetary attribute presented in CE surveys. This is known as the ‘anchoring’ effect. The ‘framing’ of non-market attributes may also...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Valuation; Anchoring effect; Starting point bias; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94810

Strategic response to a sequence of discrete choice questions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McNair,   Ben J.; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Hensher,   David A.
According to neoclassical economic theory, the only stated preference elicitation format that can feasibly be employed in field studies to which truthful response can be the dominant strategy for all respondents is a single binary choice between the status quo and one alternative. In studies where the objective is estimation of preferences for multiple attributes of a good, it is preferred (and, in some cases, necessary) based on econometric considerations, to present respondents with a sequence of choice tasks. Economic theory predicts that utility-maximising respondents may find it optimal to misrepresent their preferences in this elicitation format. In this paper, the effect on stated preferences of expanding the number of choice tasks per respondent...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Willingness to pay; Incentive compatibility; Strategic behaviour; Order effects; Underground electricity; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59102

Estimating non-market values under scenario and policy ambiguity: the case of climate change mitigation in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akter,   Sonia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
This report proposes an extension to existing models of non-expected utility (NEU) in the stated preference (SP) literature. The extension incorporates the impact of multiple sources of ambiguity in individual decision making behaviour. Empirical testing of the proposed decision model was carried out in Australia using a dichotomous choice contingent valuation study of a national carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS).   The results of the study demonstrate that subjective expectations of the context scenario and subjective policy expectations are important determinants of individual decision making in a stated preference framework. The results of the study also demonstrate that decision weight functions are non-linear (quadratic) in subjective scenario...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Non-expected utility; Scenario ambiguity; Policy ambiguity; Climate change; Australia; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C93-D81.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94881

Non Use Economic Values of Marine Protected Areas in the South-West Marine Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gillespie,   Robert; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Australian governments are committed to the expansion of marine protected areas (MPAs) in Australian waters and have already established over 200 MPAs. However, this policy direction has a range of costs and benefits for the community which have largely remained unquantified. One of the main benefits of establishing MPAs are the non use values that the community for the protection of marine biodiversity. This study uses a dichotomous choice contingent valuation format with follow-up open-ended willingness to pay question to estimate these non use values for the establishment of MPAs in South-west Marine Region of Australia. It was found that on average Australian households would be WTP $104 for the establishment of MPAs that cover 10% of the South-west...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107582

Location differences in communities’ preferences for environmental improvements in selected NSW catchments: A Choice Modelling approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazur,   Kasia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
To elicit household willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements in environmental quality in three NSW catchments (Lachlan, Namoi and Hawkesbury-Nepean), a choice modelling (CM) study was conducted.  This report presents results of research designed to investigate variations in WTP across different communities. The communities included local residents, distant/urban and distant/rural residents. Nine split samples were established to test for ‘location effects’. The analysis involved both conditional logit and random-parameters logit models.   Natural resource management (NRM), including Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs), can use the non-market values obtained from this study to guide their investment decisions.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Choice modelling; Location effects; Non-market valuation; Catchment planning; Environment; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94821

Household perceptions of climate change and preferences for mitigation action: the case of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akter,   Sonia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
This study aims to show how Australian households perceive climate change and what they are prepared to do to reduce the harmful effects of climate change.    A web-based survey in November 2008 asked approximately 600 New South Wales households about their willingness to pay additional household expenses caused by the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) proposed by the Australian government.   The Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), a widely used non-market valuation technique, was applied. Results of the study show there is a positive demand to mitigate climate change in Australia resulting from a wish to avoid climate change. Households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for climate change was, however, significantly curbed as households was uncertain about...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Climate change; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; Willingness to pay; Uncertainty; Australia; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94819

Investigating the Effects of Attribute Level Framing and Changing Cost Levels in Choice Experiments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Choice experiments (CE) are increasingly used to estimate the values of non-market goods and services. A cost attribute is typically included in a CE questionnaire to estimate monetary values for changes in the non-market attributes presented. Although the cost attribute is centrally important, there has been limited research into the impacts of varying cost attribute levels on respondents’ choices in CE surveys. The context in which non-market attributes are presented to respondents (the ‘attribute frame’) may also affect value estimates. The challenge for CE practitioners is to identify the ‘appropriate’ attribute frames and cost level range.   Results from a CE study in Tasmania show that respondents’ preferences are not impacted by describing an...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Mixed Logit models; Environmental valuation; Attribute framing; Cost bias; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94817

Household perceptions of climate change and preferences for mitigation action: the case of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akter,   Sonia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The study aims to reveal Australian households’ perceptions of climate change and their preferences for climate change mitigation actions. A web-based survey was conducted in November 2008 in which about 600 New South Wales households were asked for their willingness to bear extra household expenditure to support the ‘Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS)’ as proposed by the Australian government. The Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), a widely used non-market valuation technique, was applied using the single bounded dichotomous choice elicitation format. Results of the study demonstrate that, currently, there is a positive demand for climate change mitigation action in Australia. The main motivation for this positive demand stems from a desire to avoid...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Climate change; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; Willingness to pay; Uncertainty; Australia.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47936

Developing a Questionnaire for Valuing Changes in Natural Resource Management in the George Catchment, Tasmania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
review, expert interviews, biophysical modelling and focus group discussions were used to design a Choice Modelling (CM) questionnaire. This questionnaire was used to value changes in natural resource management in the George catchment, Tasmania. This report describes the questionnaire development, the selection of George catchment attributes and the assessment of attribute levels. The (experimental) design and delivery of the questionnaire are also presented.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Valuation; Survey development; Tasmania; Catchment management; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94807

Valuing remnant vegetation in Central Queensland using choice modelling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blamey,   Russell K.; Rolfe,   John; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Morrison,   Mark.
In the Desert Uplands region of Central Queensland, many pastoralists are clearing vegetation in order to improve cattle grazing production. A choice modelling study was undertaken to provide estimates of the benefits of retaining remnant vegetation that are appropriate for inclusion in a cost benefit analysis of tighter clearing restrictions. Attributes included in the choice model were reductions in the population size of non‐threatened species, the number of endangered species lost to the region, and changes in regional income and employment. A nested logit model was used to model the data in order to avoid violations of the independence of irrelevant alternatives condition. The estimated benefits are reported for several tree clearing policy regimes...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117846

Comparing choice models of river health improvement for the Goulburn River
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Lloyd,   Chris; Dumsday,   Robert G.
The extent of the benefits of improved river health remain uncertain. Quantifying these benefits is useful in prioritising policy investments. This study uses the Choice Modelling technique to estimate the value that households attach to attributes of improved river health. Data from a choice modelling survey supported by DSE Victoria are employed to elicit household preferences in a case study of the Goulburn River. Results from conditional and nested logit model specifications indicate that respondents hold positive values for higher levels of fish and bird populations and for increasing riverside vegetation. The standard Hausman test for Independence-from-Irrelevant-Alternatives (IIA) assumptions violations is found to give inconsistent results. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cheap talk; Choice modelling; Mekong River Delta; Wetland values; Willingness to pay; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q25.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10359

Ecological Afforestation in China: A Market-based Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xu,   Jintao; Zhang,   Haipeng; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Wang,   Xuehong; Eigenraam,   Mark.
This article focuses on the program of Ecological Afforestation on barren lands, degraded arable lands, harvested sites and sloped farmland in Sichuan, China. Farmers were given the opportunity to propose afforestation activities for which they would be paid an specified amount. These bids and predictions of the expected environmental benefits to be generated were used to assess the net benefit of each proposal. Most features of the bidding scheme were successfully implemented and improvements in the economic efficiency of the afforestation scheme were observed. The market-based approach is demonstrated to be a practical way forward for Ecological Afforestation in China. The bidding scheme showed savings of approximately 110,000 Yuan when compared to past...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100735

Valuing Remnant Vegetation Using Choice Modelling: An Application to the Desert Uplands of Central Queensland.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blamey,   Russell K.; Rolfe,   John; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Morrison,   Mark.
The Desert Uplands is a biogeographic region in central-western Queensland that lies within the rangelands area of Australia. In the region, many pastoralists are clearing the scrub and woodland vegetation in order to improve production for cattle grazing. Only limited production gains are possible because of the low rainfall and infertile soils relative to many other areas of Queensland. To assess whether such developments are economic and desirable, a first step is to value the environmental implications of alternate management regimes. A stated preference choice modelling study was undertaken to provide estimates of these values. Attributes included in the choice model pertain to reductions in the population size of nonthreatened species, the number of...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123772

Framing for incentive compatibility in choice modelling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazur,   Kasia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The incentives that motivate respondents to reveal their preferences truthfully have been a long-standing area of research in the non-market valuation literature. A number of studies have been undertaken to investigate incentive compatibility in nonmarket valuation. Most of these used laboratory environments rather than field surveys (e.g. Carson and Burton, 2008, Harrison, 2007, Lusk and Schroeder, 2004, Racevskis and Lupi, 2008). Only a few studies investigating incentive compatibility have considered multi-attribute public goods with an explicit provision rule in a choice experiment (Carson and Groves, 2007, Collins and Vossler, 2009, Carson and Burton, 2008). The design of a choice modelling study that avoids strategic behaviour has proven particularly...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice modelling; Incentive comparability; Provision rule; Non-market valuation; Environment; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59101

Integrating economic values and catchment modelling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Integrated catchment policies are widely used to manage natural resources in Australian catchments. Decision support tools available to aid integrated catchment management are often limited in their integration of environmental processes with socio-economic systems. Fully integrated models are required to support assessments of the environmental and economic trade-offs of catchment management changes. A Bayesian Network (BN) model is demonstrated to provide a suitable approach to integrate environmental modelling with economic valuation. The model incorporates hydrological, ecological and economic models for the George catchment in Tasmania. Information about the non-market costs and benefits of environmental changes is elicited using Choice Experiments,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Integrated catchment modelling; Bayesian networks; Uncertainty; Environmental values; Non-market valuation; Choice Modelling.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48057

Valuing ecosystem resilience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scheufele,   Gabriela; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The concept of ecosystem resilience is being increasingly discussed as a driver of biodiversity values. It implies that marginal deteriorations in ecosystem conditions can abruptly result in non-marginal and irreversible changes in ecosystem functioning and the economic values that the ecosystem generates. This challenges the traditional approach to the valuation of biodiversity, which has focused on quantifying values attached to individual species or other elements of ecosystems. As yet, little is known about the value society attaches to changes in ecosystem resilience. This paper investigates this value. A discrete choice experiment is used to estimate implicit prices for attributes used to describe ecosystem resilience using the Border Ranges...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Ecosystem resilience; Discrete choice experiments; Implicit prices; Willingness to pay space; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107806

Testing for Framing Effects in Environmental Choice Modelling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rolfe,   John; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Researchers using stated preference environmental valuation techniques are interested in identifying the extent to which framing effects impact on value estimates. Framing effects occur when the context in which the hypothetical scenarios and tradeoffs put to respondents in an application differ from those that would be important if actual transactions were involved. Because scenarios have to be defined succinctly to respondents, the challenge for researchers is to identify how the particular ‘frame’ used affects responses, and how different groups of respondents may view settings. In this paper, an application of a stated preference technique termed Choice Modelling is reported in the context of pastoral land development in Queensland and the Northern...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Framing; Environmental valuation; Choice Modelling; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123727

Environmental economics and valuation: towards a practical investment framework for Catchment Management Authorities in New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farquharson,   Robert J.; Hill,   Christine M.; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Tracey,   Jacqueline.
The Catchment Management Authorities in New South Wales have programs that are collectively investing $436 million over four years to achieve catchment-wide natural resource/environmental improvements. In this paper, we consider the question of how to best allocate these resources so as to increase the well-being of the public within catchments and the state. We consider the current approaches used by CMAs and make a case for Benefit-Cost Analysis as an alternative means of assessing ex ante questions of priority setting at the catchment level and for project appraisal. A major issue for BCA is the estimation of potential benefits from project investments, particularly the estimation of values that catchment communities and those living outside the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental; Economics; Choice modelling; Non-use values; Investment framework; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10404

Quasi-option values for enhanced information regarding genetically modified foods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Donaghy,   Peter; Rolfe,   John; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Issues concerning the long-term environmental and health risks associated with the production of genetically modified foods remain highly topical in Australia. It is unclear how consumers values for a precautionary approach to the release of genetically modified crops compares to the opportunity costs of forgoing economic growth associated with the use of these technologies. In this paper, an application of the contingent valuation method is reported. That technique was used to estimate quasi-option values held by consumers regarding a potential five year moratorium on the use of genetic modification in Australian agriculture. The results are compared to the estimated opportunity costs of imposing such a ban o Queensland consumers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Quasi-option values; Genetically modified organisms; Contingent valuation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58403

Consumer demands for organic and genetically modified foods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Donaghy,   Peter; Rolfe,   John; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Issues concerning consumer demands for genetically modified and organic food remain topical. It is unclear how consumers perceive issues associated with food production such as food safety, environmental impacts or animal welfare. It is also unclear how consumers might value potential changes in those issues in regional and metropolitan centres. This paper reports on research using the choice modelling technique to estimate and compare consumer demand for genetically modified and organic foods in Australia. The case study considers tomatoes, milk and beef commodities. The results draw comparisons between the contribution of associated factors influencing consumer purchasing decisions in a regional and metropolitan city. The results are relevant to the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Genetically modified; Organic; Demand; Choice modelling; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57862

Policy responses to invasive native species: issues of social and private benefits and costs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farquharson,   Robert J.; Kelly,   Jason A.; Welsh,   Pam; Mazur,   Kasia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Farm and catchment managers in Australia face decisions about controlling invasive native species (or scrub) which may infest agricultural land. The treatment of this land to remove the infestation and re-establish native pastures is likely to be expensive for landholders. Yet there are potential social benefits from such remediation and so a policy question arises of what to do to about facilitating such change. New South Wales state government legislation addresses this issue through regulations, and the Catchment Management Authorities are responsible for administering public funds to achieve associated natural resource improvements. However, the extent of the private costs and social benefits associated with such changes are not known, which precludes...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Invasive native scrub; Environmental values; Choice modelling; Financial; Economic; Namoi catchment.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48157

Willingness to pay for wetland improvement in Vietnam's Mekong River Delta
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Do,   Thang Nam; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
A lack of information on economic values, especially non-market values, has contributed to wetland degradation in the Mekong River Delta. To fill this information gap, this study uses choice modelling to estimate biodiversity values of Tram Chim National Park in Vietnam. It is found that Vietnamese respondents are willing to pay for the wetland conservation. However, the willingness to pay estimates differ among sub-populations and are reduced by the use of a cheap talk script. Some issues of applying choice modelling, including questionnaire designs and survey methods are discussed in the context of a developing country.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cheap talk; Choice modelling; Mekong River Delta; Wetland values; Willingness to pay; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10431

Non Use Economic Values of Marine Protected Areas in the South-West Marine Area
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gillespie,   Robert; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Australian governments are committed to the expansion of marine protected areas (MPAs) in Australian waters and have already established over 200 MPAs. However, this policy direction has a range of costs and benefits for the community which have largely remained unquantified. One of the main benefits of establishing MPAs are the non use values that the community for the protection of marine biodiversity. This study uses a dichotomous choice contingent valuation format with follow-up open-ended willingness to pay question to estimate these non use values for the establishment of MPAs in South-west Marine Region of Australia. It was found that on average Australian households would be WTP $104 for the establishment of MPAs that cover 10% of the South-west...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107852

Cooperation And Competition In Tropical North Queensland's Nature-Based Tourism Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huybers,   Twan; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
In this paper, the initial results of a survey of the strategic business relationships between nature based tourism operators in Tropical North Queensland are presented. While operators in the region cooperate in their collective competition with other tourism destinations, they compete with each other for the business of the tourists who visit the region. These simultaneous cooperative and competitive relationships between tourism businesses define the structure of the region’s tourism industry. The findings in this paper pertain mainly to the areas of cooperation between tourism operators in Tropical North Queensland. The two major areas of cooperation are destination promotion and activities regarding environmental protection.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123667

Modelling heterogeneity in response behaviour towards a sequence of discrete choice questions: a probabilistic decision process model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McNair,   Ben J.; Heshner,   David A.; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
There is a growing body of evidence in the non-market valuation literature suggesting that responses to a sequence of discrete choice questions tend to violate the assumptions typically made by analysts regarding independence of responses and stability of preferences. Decision processes (or heuristics) such as value learning and strategic misrepresentation have been offered as explanations for these results. While a few studies have tested these heuristics as competing hypotheses, none has investigated the possibility that each explains the response behaviour of a subgroup of the population. In this paper, we make a contribution towards addressing this research gap by presenting a probabilistic decision process model designed to estimate the proportion of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Decision process; Ordering effects; Strategic response; Willingness to pay; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C25; L94; Q51.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100585

An Integrated Assessment approach to linking biophysical modelling and economic valuation tools
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Jakeman,   Tony.
Natural resource management (NRM) typically involves complex decisions that affect a variety of stakeholder values. Efficient NRM, which achieves the greatest net environmental, social and financial benefits, needs to integrate the assessment of environmental impacts with the costs and benefits of investment. Integrated assessment (IA) is one approach that incorporates the several dimensions of catchment NRM, by considering multiple issues and knowledge from various disciplines and stakeholders. Despite the need for IA, there are few studies that integrate biophysical modelling tools with economic valuation.  In this paper, we demonstrate how economic non-market valuation tools can be used to support an IA of catchment NRM changes. We develop a Bayesian...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Bayesian networks; Bio-economic modelling; Catchment management; Cost-benefit analysis; Environmental values; Integrated assessment and modelling; Non-market valuation; Riparian vegetation; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94949

Effects of alternative elicitation formats in discrete choice experiments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scheufele,   Gabriela; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
An elicitation format prevalently applied in DCE is to offer each respondent a sequence of choice tasks containing more than two choice options. However, empirical evidence indicates that repeated choice tasks influence choice behavior through institutional learning, fatigue, value learning, and strategic response. The study reported in this paper employs a split sample approach based on field surveys using a single binary elicitation format with a majority vote implementation as the baseline to expand the research on effects of sequential binary DCE formats. We provide evidence for effects caused by institutional learning and either strategic behavior or value learning after respondents answered repeated choice questions. However, we did not find any...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Discrete choice experiments; Split sample approach; Elicitation format; Incentive compatibility; Strategic behavior; Learning effects; Panel mixed logit models; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59158

Effects of alternative elicitation formats in discrete choice experiments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scheufele,   Gabriela; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
An elicitation format prevalently applied in discrete choice experiments (DCEs) offers each respondent a sequence of choice tasks. Each choice task contains more than two choice options. Empirical evidence shows, however, that repeated choice tasks influence choice behaviour through institutional learning, fatigue, value learning and strategic response.   The study reported in this paper uses a split sample approach. This approach was based on field surveys using a single binary elicitation format. To expand the research on effects of sequential binary DCE formats, a majority vote baseline was used. We present evidence for effects caused by institutional learning, and by either strategic behaviour or value learning, after respondents answered repeated...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Discrete choice experiments; Split sample approach; Elicitation format; Incentive compatibility; Strategic behaviour; Learning effects; Panel mixed logit models; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94948

Estimating society's willingness to pay to maintain viable rural communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; van Bueren,   Martin; Whitten,   Stuart M.
Declining populations in rural and regional areas have become a high political priority in Australia. Calls for measures to support rural communities have been prompted by substantial population declines in some country areas. In Europe and the USA, similar political pressures to halt population losses in rural and regional areas are also apparent; often as a component of the multifunctionality of agriculture. The question addressed in the present paper is whether or not the Australian tax‐paying public would be willing to pay to avoid losses of people from rural and regional areas that may result from environmental protection measures. As an integral component of two recent non‐market, environmental valuation exercises using Choice Modelling, the value of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117978

Protected Area Assessment and Establishment in Vanuatu
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tacconi,   Luca; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118037

A BIO-ECONOMIC MODEL OF WETLAND PROTECTION ON PRIVATE LANDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitten,   Stuart M.; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Wetland ecosystems on privately owned farms – such as those on the Murrumbidgee River Floodplain in the state of New South Wales, Australia – provide a mix of potentially valuable outputs to their owners and the wider community.  The mix of values generated is dependent on the biophysical status of the wetlands, which in-turn, is dependent on the land management in and around these multiple-output ecosystems.  Despite the range of private and public values generated, management decisions are based primarily on the private values that landowners receive.  These private land management decisions also affect social values.  Hence, there is potentially a demand for public policy to influence decisions based on the social values wetlands generate.  This paper...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20122

Integrating economic values and catchment modelling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Integrated catchment policies are widely used to manage natural resources in Australian catchments. Decision support tools available to aid integrated catchment management are often limited in their integration of environmental processes with socio-economic systems. Fully integrated models are required to support assessments of the environmental and economic trade-offs of catchment management changes. A Bayesian Network (BN) model is demonstrated to provide a suitable approach to integrate environmental modelling with economic valuation. The model incorporates hydrological, ecological and economic models for the George catchment in Tasmania. Information about the non-market costs and benefits of environmental changes is elicited using Choice Experiments,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Integrated catchment modelling; Bayesian networks; Uncertainty; Environmental values; Non-market valuation; Choice Modelling.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47956

Scale and scope effects on communities’ values for environmental improvements in the Namoi catchment: A choice modelling approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazur,   Kasia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
This report presents results of research designed to investigate variations in willingness to pay (WTP) estimates across different scales and scopes of environmental investments. The goal is to help catchment management authorities better prioritise their natural resource management actions at both catchment and farm levels.   Five split samples were used to test for scale and scope effects.  A choice-modelling (CM) analysis was used to elicit household WTP for improvements in environmental quality attributes in the Namoi catchment. The approach was developed so that value estimates could be more accurately transferred between different action scopes.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Choice modelling; Scale effect; Scope effect; Embedding; Non-market valuation; Catchment planning; Environment.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94891

Revegetation of Regent Honeyeater habitat in the Capertee Valley: a Cost-Benefit Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greyling,   Tertius; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
This study considers the costs and benefit of the Regent Honeyeater Project in the Capertee Valley over the past 10 years. The benefits are estimated using choice modelling and the costs are based on project expenditure and forgone agricultural production. A comparison of the benefits and costs yields a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of 4.45, which implies that the benefits outweigh the costs. However, variation in the underlying assumptions reveal significant sensitivity to the uncertainty associated with the maturation of native tree plantings and the successful establishment of a significant population of birds within the native vegetation. The Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) is dominated by the benefit derived from protection of the native species (i.e. the...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Cost-benefit analysis; Benefit-cost ratio; Choice modelling; Regent Honeyeater; Capertee Valley; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107580

ESTIMATING THE BENEFITS OF BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
What are the benefits of biodiversity protection? Why should those benefits be estimated? When should they be estimated … now or across future generations? Where should the benefits be estimated … locally, nationally or internationally? And, of course, how can they be estimated, if at all? This sequence of questions forms the basis of this paper. The specific benefits associated with the provision of biodiversity protection are firstly defined. The role of benefit estimation in the process of making decisions regarding the future use of ecosystem resources is then briefly reviewed noting the importance of biodiversity benefits in that process. The “extent of the market” for biodiversity protection is considered with respect to the beneficiaries across both...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123767

Private Sector Initiatives in Nature Conservation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The provision and management of protected natural areas has generally been regarded as the province of governments. Yet there are theoretical arguments to support the contention that the private sector can play a valuable role in nature conservation. There are also numerous examples of private sector initiatives in countries as economically, culturally and environmentally diverse as Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Vanuatu.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12382

Willingness to pay for kerbside recycling the Brisbane Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gillespie,   Robert; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Waste policy in Australia has a strong focus on kerbside recycling. This has a range of costs and benefits to the community, including non-market benefits. However, in Australia, there has been little investigation of household willingness to pay for kerbside recycling. This paper used mixed logit choice modelling to estimate the willingness to pay of households in Brisbane, Australia for kerbside waste collection services including kerbside recycling. It was found that households in Brisbane have a positive and significant willingness to pay of $131.49 per annum for fortnightly kerbside recycling and would be willing to pay an additional $18.30 to increase the frequency of this service to weekly. The utility of respondents was, however, found to decline...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107805

Valuing New South Wales rivers for use in benefit transfer
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morrison,   Mark; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The results from seven choice modelling applications designed to value improved river health in New South Wales are reported. These applications were designed to provide value estimates that could be used, through benefit transfer, to value improvements in the health of other rivers within the state. Because of limitations on the number of rivers that could be valued and populations sampled, a pooled model for use in benefit transfer was also estimated. The results indicate that both use and non‐use values were found to exist for all catchments. In addition, value estimates were found to differ across catchments when populations resident within catchments were sampled. However, when populations resident outside catchments were sampled for two of these...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117994

Using Choice Experiments to value River and Estuary Health in Tasmania with Individual Preference Heterogeneity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
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...
Tipo: Report
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.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94816

Stated values and reminders of substitute goods: Testing for framing effects with choice modelling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rolfe,   John; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Louviere,   Jordan.
Choice modelling, a non‐market valuation technique, is used to explore framing issues in the context of environmental valuations. Choice modelling appears to have promise in simultaneously valuing a pool of substitute amenities and goods. Describing choices according to component attributes can also help to frame choices according to a number of trade‐offs. The statistical information available helps to determine where framing effects have occurred. Three choice modelling experiments were reviewed to show that framing effects may be more widespread in non‐market valuation studies than is commonly thought.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118067

The Effects of a Provision Rule in Choice Modelling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazur,   Kasia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
This research report investigates the effects of including a provision rule in choice modelling non-market valuation studies. Split samples with and without a provision rule were used to test for differences in household willingness-to-pay for improvements in environmental quality in the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment. Local/rural and distant/urban sub-samples of residents were selected.   The results of the study show that the inclusion of a provision rule had an effect on preferences in the distant/urban communities; however, the impact of a provision rule in the local/rural community sub-samples was negligible.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Choice modelling; Incentive comparability; Provision rule; Non-market valuation; Environment; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94945

WTP and WTA in relation to irrigation development in the Fitzroy Basin, Queensland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rolfe,   John; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Estimates of the compensating surplus generated by changes in non-marketed environmental amenities can be estimated using stated preference valuation techniques. These are typically framed in terms of WTP tradeoffs, even if the situation of interest involves a property right vestment that calls for a WTA question. The differences created by the two questioning formats are explored in this paper using the results of two choice modelling applications. Both applications were framed on the potential for irrigation development and environmental losses in the Fitzroy River Basin, Central Queensland. The scenarios used in the applications differed only in that they used alternatively WTP and WTA questioning formats. The results indicate that robust models could...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice modelling; Compensating surplus; WTP; WTA; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58204

A cognitive psychological approach of analyzing preference uncertainty in contingent valuation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akter,   Sonia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The sources of preference uncertainty in contingent valuation (CV) studies have rarely been investigated from a theoretical standpoint. This paper proposes a holistic theoretical framework of preference uncertainty that combines microeconomic theory with the theories of cognitive psychology. Empirical testing of the proposed theoretical model was carried out in Australia in the context of a national ‘Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS)’ to be introduced in 2010. Two separate ordered probit models for a certainty score associated with CV ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ responses were estimated. The results of the estimated regression models provide evidence supporting the hypotheses drawn from the theoretical model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Preference uncertainty; Cognitive uncertainty; Climate change; Australia.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47938

Towards the development of a transferable set of value estimates for environmental attributes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Bueren,   Martin; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Estimates of environmental values are frequently required as inputs to cost‐benefit analyses when evaluating alternative options for managing natural resources. One strategy to avoid the high cost of conducting empirical work when non‐market values are involved is to use value estimates from an existing source study and to transfer them to the target context of interest (a practice known as benefit transfer). However, the transfer of values is subject to a host of potential errors and could lead to significant overestimation or underestimation of welfare change. The present paper reports the results of a choice modelling study in which household values for the impacts of land and water degradation in Australia are estimated. A key objective of the present...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117859

Using choice experiments to value river and estuary health in Tasmania with individual preference heterogeneity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Choice experiments (CE – otherwise known as Choice Modelling) have become a widespread approach to environmental valuation in Australia, with many examples assessing the tradeoffs between river catchment management and socio-economic impacts. There is, however, limited information on the values of Australian estuaries. Furthermore, none of the existing valuation studies address catchment management changes in Tasmania. The CE study reported in this paper aims to elicit community preferences for the protection of 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 km increase in native riverside vegetation...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: River condition; Estuary condition; Environmental values; Non-market valuation; Choice Experiments; Tasmania.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48058

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Harris,   Michael; Williams,   Dick; Cacho,   Oscar J.; Poole,   Nigel D.; Pluske,   Johanna M.; Lindner,   Robert K.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118103

USING DIRECT QUESTIONING TO VALUE THE EXISTENCE BENEFITS OF PRESERVED NATURAL AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
A major limitation to the effectiveness of benefit-cost analyses of proposals involving natural ecosystems is the assertion of existence demand. Not only has confusion arisen regarding its exact definition but little has been done to establish its magnitude. Existence benefits are defined and an empirical study of the value a sample of Canberra residents places on the continued provision of the existence benefits of a particular ecosystem, Nadgee Nature Reserve, is outlined. It is concluded that while the measurement technique employed, the direct questioning of respondents, may be subject to a problem of response bias, it is capable of providing a reasonable estimate of these existence benefits. The average existence value per Canberra adult is at least...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22438

Environmental value and valuation over time
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scheufele,   Gabriela; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Time and value are related concepts that influence human behaviour. Although classical topics in human thinking throughout the ages, few environmental economic non-market valuation studies have attempted to link the two concepts. Economists have estimated non-market environmental values in monetary terms for over 30 years. This history of valuation provides an opportunity to compare value estimates and how valuation techniques have changed over time. This research aims to compare value estimates of benefits of a protected natural area. In 1978, Nadgee Nature Reserve on the far south coast of New South Wales was the focus of the first application of the contingent valuation method in Australia. This research aims to replicate that study using both the...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Environmental values; Temporal variability; Non-market valuation; Contingent valuation method; Choice experiments; Incentive compatibility; Natural resource management.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94805

Testing construct validity of verbal versus numerical measures of preference uncertainty in contingent valuation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akter,   Sonia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The numerical certainty scale (NCS) and polychotomous choice (PC) methods are two widely used techniques for measuring preference uncertainty in contingent valuation (CV) studies. The NCS follows a numerical scale and the PC is based on a verbal scale. This report presents results of two experiments that use these preference uncertainty measurement techniques.   The first experiment was designed to compare and contrast the uncertainty scores obtained from the NCS and the PC method. The second experiment was conducted to test a preference uncertainty measurement scale that combines verbal expressions with numerical and graphical interpretations: a composite certainty scale (CCS). The construct validity of the certainty scores obtained from these three...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Preference uncertainty; Contingent valuation; Numerical certainty scale; Polychotomous choice method; Composite certainty scale; Climate change; Australia.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q51; Q54.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94942