An empirical study of option prices for hunting permits

Nguyen, To N.; Shaw, W. Douglass; Woodward, Richard T.; Paterson, Robert W.; Boyle, Kevin

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.12.006

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“…Lastly, there can be uncertainty as to whether recreational opportunity will be available. Nguyen et al (2007) derive an expression for the option price of a change in the chance of a recreation opportunity.…”

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The Option Price of Recreational Bag Limits and the Value of Harvest

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Liese

Lovell

2022

Marine Resource Economics

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Daily harvest limits are a common form of regulation in consumptive recreation. We show that angler willingness to pay for a bag limit change is an option price and show how it relates to the value of harvest changes. Specifically, if expected utility theory holds, then option prices for one-fish bag limit increments along with catch distributions can be used to "recover" the compensating surplus (CS) for harvest increments. We also show that further assumptions (e.g., risk neutrality) are necessary to recover the CS for harvest from option prices for larger bag limit increments. We demonstrate our method using a choice experiment and catch data for Gulf of Mexico anglers. This work gives analysts a way to adapt the information at hand to the policy question. For example, when CS estimates are needed for an ex post analysis, but only option prices are available, our work shows how to obtain the required CS information.

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confidence: 99%