Browsing by Subject "non-market valuation"
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An analytical framework for joint vs separate decisions by couples in choice experiments: The case of coastal water quality in Tobago
(Springer, 2009)This paper offers an analytical framework for analyzing joint and separate decisions by couples in the context of choice experiments for nonmarket valuation. It reports results from an attribute-based stated preference ... -
An assessment of the benefits of cleaner streams: A New Zealand case study
(Waikato Management School, 2010-10)Water pollution is now considered to be one of the most important environmental issues facing New Zealand. Water quality in rivers, lakes and streams is generally falling alongside the increase in farming intensity, ... -
Experimental designs for environmental valuation with choice-experiments: A Monte Carlo investigation
(Department of Economics, University of Waikato, 2005-12)We review the practice of experimental design in the environmental economics literature concerned with choice experiments. We then contrast this with advances in the field of experimental design and present a comparison ... -
Exploring scale effects of best/worst rank ordered choice data to estimate benefits of tourism in alpine grazing commons
(Oxford, 2011)In many environmental valuation applications standard sample sizes for choice modelling surveys are impractical to achieve. One can improve data quality using more in-depth surveys administered to fewer respondents. We ... -
Improving multi-site benefit functions via Bayesian model averaging: A new approach to benefit transfer
(Elsevier, 2008)A benefit function transfer obtains estimates of willingness-to-pay (WTP) for the evaluation of a given policy at a site by combining existing information from different study sites. This has the advantage that more efficient ... -
Issues in the non-market valuation of Coromandel coastal recreation: realism, permanence and spatial distribution
(The University of Waikato, 2017)The purpose of this thesis is to apply non-market valuation techniques to estimate the effect of coastal development and erosion protection on beach recreation values. The study area is the Coromandel Peninsula in New ... -
New Zealand outdoor recreation benefits
(Waikato Management School, 2007-08)Millions of people participate in outdoor recreation activities in New Zealand every year. Economic recreation studies in the country concentrate mostly on market values. Market values only present part of the outdoor ... -
Non market valuation in New Zealand: 1974 through 2005
(Waikato Management School, 2007-09)Non-market valuation (NMV) is recognized as an essential tool in policy decision making worldwide. In this paper, we investigate the history of NMV, specifically in relation to New Zealand (NZ), by compiling and analyzing ... -
The Price of Mauri: Exploring the validity of Welfare Economics when seeking to measure Mātauranga Māori
(The University of Waikato, 2008)Since the 1980s New Zealand has pursued neo-classical or market-based policies with a particular fervour. Market-based options are seen by resource management decision makers as essential frameworks for efficiently allocating ... -
A summary of ecosystem service economic valuation methods and recommendations for future studies
(2010-04)This short working paper summarizes ecosystem service economic valuation methods. The paper begins with an introduction to ecosystem services, and then describes the various methods that can be used to value them. An ... -
US Park recreation values (1968-2003): A review of the literature
(Department of Economics, University of Waikato, 2006-09)The results of outdoor recreation consumer surplus studies for national parks, national forests, state parks and state forests in the United States from 1968 through 2003 are compared and analyzed across activity type, ... -
Using choice experiments to explore the spatial distribution of willingness to pay for rural landscape improvements
(2007-03)We report findings from a choice experiment survey designed to estimate the economic benefits from policy measures which improve the rural landscape under an agri-environment scheme in the Republic of Ireland. Using a panel ... -
The value of native biodiversity enhancement in New Zealand: A case study of the greater Wellington area
(Waikato Management School, 2007-11)New Zealand’s biodiversity consists of over 80,000 native plants, animals and fungi, many of which are indigenous and located on private property. To enhance native biodiversity and discourage activities that may deplete ... -
Valuing ecosystem services: A new paradigm shift
(Department of Economics, University of Waikato, 2006-10)The ways in which economists value natural resources has been, and continues to be, a constantly evolving process. At first, only transactions that took place in the marketplace were considered. However, it was not long ...
