Temporal Reliability of Willingness to Pay from the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife- Associated Recreation
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- John Whitehead Ph.D., Professor & Department Chair (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (FHWAR) has been a source
of information on wildlife-related recreation since 1955. The contingent
valuation method has been used to estimate willingness to pay for
recreation trips in the 1980, 1985, 1991, 1996 and 2001 surveys. However,
relatively little comparative analysis over time has been performed. Similar
value elicitation formats were used in the 1991 and 1996 surveys for bass
and trout fishing, deer hunting and nonconsumptive wildlife recreation.
We statistically analyze these data to assess the temporal reliability of the
willingness to pay. We control for the effects of trip quality and
socioeconomic variables and find that willingness to pay is significantly
lower in 1996 for each activity. A subtle, but important, change in the 1996
question format may drive the result of lower willingness to pay.
Temporal Reliability of Willingness to Pay from the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife- Associated Recreation
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Whitehead, J. C., and Aiken, R. (2007) Temporal Reliability of Willingness to Pay from the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife- Associated Recreation, Applied Economics 39(6):777-786 (April 2007). Published by Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 0003-6846). DOI: 10.1080/000368405004389
- Language: English
- Date: 2007