Willingness to Pay for Hunting Leases in Alabama

Abstract This study used a censored probit approach to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for hunting leases in Alabama. Data were generated through a dichotomous choice contingent valuation (DCCV) survey conducted in spring 2002. After correcting for sample selection bias, we found that hunting experience, hunter's household income, number of dependents, and lack of game quality had significant impact on WTP, with lack of game quality having the largest marginal effect. The estimated WTP was $1.29/ac per hunter or $23/ac per hunting club, more than double the actual average payment of $0.52/ac per hunter or $9.36/ac per hunting club. These results suggested that landowners in Alabama could increase access fees for hunting leases. South. J. Appl. For. 28(1):21–27.

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Willingness to pay to improve urban water supply: the case of Sucre, Bolivia

Water Policy ◽

10.2166/wp.2014.195 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 112-125 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Salvador del Saz-Salazar ◽

Francisco González-Gómez ◽

Jorge Guardiola

Keyword(s):

Willingness To Pay ◽

Water Supply ◽

Selection Bias ◽

Contingent Valuation Method ◽

Sample Selection ◽

Sample Selection Bias ◽

Urban Water ◽

Urban Water Supply ◽

Valuation Method ◽

Protest Responses

In this study the contingent valuation method is applied in order to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) of the inhabitants of Sucre (Bolivia) for an improvement in the urban water supply system. The study finds that about 55 per cent of households would be willing to pay an increase in their water bill for an improvement in the service. In order to deal with the problem of protest responses and the possible presence of a sample selection bias, a Heckman two-step model was estimated. More specifically, the econometric analysis undertaken reveals that there is no evidence of sample selection bias and that WTP positively relates to the respondents' household income, their level of education, the continuity of the water supply service, and the fact of being forced to carry water to cover their basic needs of drinking, cooking and hygiene.

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Protest Adjustments in the Valuation of Watershed Restoration Using Payment Card Data

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review ◽

10.1017/s1068280500007127 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 321-335 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Alan R. Collins ◽

Randall S. Rosenberger

Keyword(s):

Contingent Valuation ◽

Selection Bias ◽

Data Model ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Sample Selection ◽

Interval Data ◽

Sample Selection Bias ◽

Watershed Restoration ◽

Payment Card ◽

Pollution Problem

When using a willingness-to-pay (WTP) format in contingent valuation (CV) to value watershed restoration, respondents may protest by questioning why they should pay to clean up a pollution problem that someone else created. Using a sample selection interval data model based on Bhat (1994) and Brox, Kumar, and Stollery (2003), we found that the decision to protest and WTP values were correlated. Protest sample selection bias resulted in a 300 percent overestimate of mean WTP per respondent. Using different ad hoc treatments of protesters, protest bias resulted in moderate effects (−10 percent to +14 percent) after controlling for sample selection bias.

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Models for sample selection bias in contingent valuation: Application to forest biodiversity

Journal of Forest Economics ◽

10.1016/j.jfe.2008.03.008 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 15 (1-2) ◽

pp. 59-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Serge Garcia ◽

Patrice Harou ◽

Claire Montagné ◽

Anne Stenger

Keyword(s):

Contingent Valuation ◽

Selection Bias ◽

Sample Selection ◽

Sample Selection Bias ◽

Forest Biodiversity

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Testing for non-response and sample selection bias in contingent valuation

Economics Letters ◽

10.1016/0165-1765(93)90200-v ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 215-220 ◽

Cited By ~ 92

Author(s):

John C. Whitehead ◽

Peter A. Groothuis ◽

Glenn C. Blomquist

Keyword(s):

Contingent Valuation ◽

Selection Bias ◽

Sample Selection ◽

Sample Selection Bias

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Consumer willingness-to-pay for restaurant surcharges to reduce carbon emissions: default and information effects

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review ◽

10.1017/age.2021.7 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-29

Author(s):

Dede Long ◽

Grant H. West ◽

Rodolfo M. Nayga

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

Contingent Valuation ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Emission Reduction ◽

Carbon Emission ◽

Dichotomous Choice ◽

Carbon Reduction ◽

The Mean ◽

Agriculture And Food

Abstract The agriculture and food sectors contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. About 15 percent of food-related carbon emissions are channeled through restaurants. Using a contingent valuation (CV) method with double-bounded dichotomous choice (DBDC) questions, this article investigates U.S. consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for an optional restaurant surcharge in support of carbon emission reduction programs. The mean estimated WTP for a surcharge is 6.05 percent of an average restaurant check, while the median WTP is 3.64 percent. Our results show that individuals have a higher WTP when the surcharge is automatically added to restaurant checks. We also find that an information nudge—a short climate change script—significantly increases WTP. Additionally, our results demonstrate that there is heterogeneity in treatment effects across consumers’ age, environmental awareness, and economic views. Our findings suggest that a surcharge program could transfer a meaningful amount of the agricultural carbon reduction burden to consumers that farmers currently shoulder.

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