Benefit Transfer in Europe: How Reliable Are Transfers between Countries?

Ready, Richard C.; Navrud, Ståle; Day, Brett; Dubourg, Richard; Machado, Fernando Santana; Mourato, Susana; Spanninks, Frank; Rodriquez, Maria Xosé Vázquez

doi:10.1023/b:eare.0000035441.37039.8a

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“…They also showed that equality of the coefficient estimates is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for valid BFT. These results contrast with those of Ready et al (2004), who measured (via CV surveys) identically described goods (air and water quality) with different populations (in five European countries). They tested the three transfer methods and concluded that there were few differences among their performance, with an average transfer error of 38%.…”

Section: Transferring Approaches -Literature Reviewcontrasting

confidence: 94%

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Exploring Benefit Transfer: Disamenities of Waste Transfer Stations

Eshet

Baron

Shechter

2006

Environ Resource Econ

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Abstract. The benefit transfer method was developed as an alternative way to value externalities using values from studies of similar circumstances, carried out at similar sites somewhere else, given the challenges and high costs inherent in assessing the actual cost. Specifically, in order to test the performance of the benefit transfer method, employing hedonic price models, this study focused on estimates of disamenities associated with waste transfer stations at four different cities in Israel. The sites were intentionally selected to represent a variety of circumstances. We transferred the estimated benefit function from a ''study site'' to a ''policy site''. The goodness of fit was examined by comparing the calculated value, with actual data from the policy site. To test the sensitivity of the benefit transfer function to socioeconomic and housing characteristics, it was repeatedly applied to different sets of observations. The findings suggest that a relatively large number of alternative benefit functions are transferable. Statistical inequality outcome regarding the degree of similarity between samples does not unequivocally rule out the appropriateness of transferring environmental values across studies. Transfer errors varied between )21% and +29%, and the absolute average error for all transfers was 15.4%. Errors were lower for transfer between relatively similar cities in terms of size and location and between sub-samples that were similar in socioeconomic characteristics and housing type. However, when a site with very dissimilar data was involved, the average absolute error rose to 19%.

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“…The transfer-error rate (TER) was defined by Ready et al (2004) and Rozan (2004) as the absolute percent difference between a transferred estimate of WTP and the estimate obtained originally in the target site itself.…”

Section: Tests Of Transferabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Benefit Transfer: Disamenities of Waste Transfer Stations

Eshet

Baron

Shechter

2006

Environ Resource Econ

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“…Istilah ini disebut dengan transfer manfaat (Garrod dan Willis, 1999). Cara ini dianggap valid jika digunakan untuk mengambil kebijakan dalam memberikan kompensasi kepada pihak yang dirugikan, dan memberikan subsidi kepada pihak yang telah melakukan perbaikan lingkungan (Ready, et al, 2004;Rozan, 2004).…”

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Hubungan antara Kelestarian Ekonomi dan Lingkungan: Suatu Kajian Literatur

2013

Binus Business Review

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“…However, the nine questions in that study addressing environmental issues focused more on environment versus costs (taxes, prices, efforts) than on preferences among issues. Furthermore, studies of benefit transfer have examined willingness to pay (WTP) values for more restricted goods and services across states in the USA (Loomis 1992) or issues related to health in European countries (Ready et al 2004). Knowledge of environmental preferences is important, because measures to protect or improve the environment to an increasing degree obtain their legitimacy from laws, regulations and supportive actions that are supranational.…”

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Preferences for environmental issues among environmentally-concerned citizens in six countries

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Dolédec

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Envir. Conserv.

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SUMMARYImplementation of measures to protect and improve the environment requires knowledge about people's preferences, both to ensure economic means and to gain public support for the measures. Since environmental legislation and protection measures become increasingly cross-national, knowledge of benefit perception among people across countries is important. This study addresses the aggregated preferences of environmentally-concerned individuals in France, USA, Norway, Russia, China and Spain. The aggregated preferences in all groups showed emphasis on pollution issues (rank 1 out of six issues in all six countries). The groups were least concerned with animal rights, which here included the right for top predators like tigers and wolf to roam the wilderness in a way that may cause statistical fatalities (rank 4-6). The group's concern for pollution decreased with the buying power of the country to which they belonged (r 2 = 0.967). Also, agreement among the individuals in the groups tended to be less when the buying power was large (r 2 = 0.940). The study shows that benefits accrued in one country may not have the same weight in another country, in particular if countries have different economic development status. It also suggests that efforts to preserve species diversity may require other types of public motivation than efforts to reduce pollution or to use non-renewable resources.

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Benefit Transfer in Europe: How Reliable Are Transfers between Countries?

Cited by 127 publications

References 13 publications

Exploring Benefit Transfer: Disamenities of Waste Transfer Stations

Exploring Benefit Transfer: Disamenities of Waste Transfer Stations

Hubungan antara Kelestarian Ekonomi dan Lingkungan: Suatu Kajian Literatur

Preferences for environmental issues among environmentally-concerned citizens in six countries

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