We combine contingent behaviour with travel cost data to estimate the change in the recreational use value of a National Forest due to quality and price changes. Instead of the usual improvement scenario, a hypothetical deterioration in the conditions of the forest due to a fire is considered. A...

Con la ayuda del método del coste del viaje el valor de uso recreativo de un determinado espacio se define, simplemente, como el excedente del consumidor medido por debajo de la función de demanda estimada. Esta es una práctica suficientemente satisfactoria cuando se analiza el valor de...

Los espacios naturales realizan importantes funciones ambientales y recreativas cuyo valor no es recogido por el sistema de mercado. La economía ha desarrollado métodos específicos de valoración que permiten estimar los beneficios asociados a la existencia, conservación y disfrute de estos...

As the price of recreational visits is unobservable and commonly represented by researcher-assigned travel cost estimates, welfare change estimates generated by the travel cost method are ordinally measurable (Randall, 1994). For a potential solution to the resulting calibration problem we use...

Using count data models that account for zero-truncation, overdispersion, and endogenous stratification, we estimate the value of access to recreational parks. The focus is on the empirical estimation of the proportion of the wage rate that best approximates park visitors’ opportunity cost of...

A number of studies have applied non-market valuation techniques to measure the value of cultural goods. Virtually all of these studies are single case applications and rely mostly on stated preferences, such as contingent valuation techniques. We compare the relative value of multiple,...