Ex-Post Reliability Assessment of Benefit Transfer Valuation Estimates of Wetland Ecosystem Service Supported by Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Concerns about the accuracy of benefit transfer approaches remain a barrier to using low-cost benefit estimation techniques for policy decisions, or even as a rapid-assessment tool used for simulations or communication. In this paper, we present and discuss the process of generating benefit estimates for a large and contiguous expanse of freshwater wetlands in the southeastern United States through meta-analysis benefit transfer and use published precipitation, river discharge, and flood damage data to discuss the validity of the estimates