Respondents’ belief on policy and payment consequentiality in a stated preference survey can influence the estimation of willingness to pay (WTP). This study introduces a new approach to calibrate WTP estimates using perceived policy consequentiality that enables detailed analyses of the...

In this paper we measure the recreational economic benefits of the for-hire recreational fishery in the coastal region of North Carolina. We estimate a single trip random utility model for primary purpose and secondary purpose anglers with data from a field survey of charter and head-boat...

We examine the impact of coastal wind turbines on coastal tourism and recreation for residents of the northern CAMA counties in North Carolina. A combination of telephone and web survey data are used to assess the impact of coastal wind farms on trip behavior and site choice. Most of the...

Desvousges, Mathews, and Train (2016) have provided a comment on our 2013 paper in which we discuss Hausman's (2012) critique of the contingent valuation (CV) method. In their introduction, Desvousges, Mathews, and Train state that they will compare quotes from our paper to “current CV...