Preferences for environmental quality under uncertainty

Roberts, David C.; Boyer, Tracy A.; Lusk, Jayson L.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.05.010

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“…Roberts et al, 2008;Wang and Rolfe, 2009). There is still substantial uncertainty around the designation outcomes for the UK MPA network in terms of the number of protected sites, when protection will start, how protected sites will be managed, how restrictions on marine activities will affect recreational users and whether marine users will comply with the restrictions (Kenter et al, 2013).…”

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Looking below the surface: The cultural ecosystem service values of UK marine protected areas (MPAs)

2014

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a b s t r a c tRecreational users appreciate the UK marine environment for its cultural ecosystem services (CES) and their use and non-use values. UK Governments are currently establishing a network of marine protected areas (MPAs) informed by ecological data and socio-economic evidence. Evidence on CES values is needed, but only limited data have been available. We present a case study from the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) follow-on phase that elicited divers' and anglers' willingness to pay (WTP) for potential MPAs. The case study is an innovative combination of a travel-cost based choice experiment and an attribute-based contingent valuation method. Our study design allowed us to understand the marine users' preferences from both a user and a stewardship perspective. Following the UK NEA's placebased CES framework, we characterised marine CES as environmental spaces that might be protected, with features including the underwater seascape, and iconic and non-iconic species. Our survey highlighted the importance of CES to divers and anglers. A wide variety of marine spaces influenced user-WTP, while stewardship-WTP was most influenced by management restrictions, species protection, and attitudes towards marine conservation. An understanding of key stakeholders' CES values can inform a more holistic and sustainable approach to marine management, especially for decisions involving trade-offs between marine protection and opportunity costs of the blue economy.

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Looking below the surface: The cultural ecosystem service values of UK marine protected areas (MPAs)

2014

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“…See Roberts et al . (), Glenk and Colombo (), Lundhede et al . () for examples of DCEs which take into account outcome uncertainty.…”

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Valuing the Impacts of An Invasive Biological Control Agent: A Choice Experiment on the Asian Ladybird in France

Chakir¹,

David²,

Gozlan³

et al. 2016

J Agricultural Economics

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Initially used as a biological control against aphids, the Asian ladybird has become highly invasive in many regions, including Europe. While biological control is usually considered as an environmentally‐friendly alternative to chemical pesticides in controlling pests in crops, there is growing concern that these environmental benefits could be outweighed by the negative consequences of the invasion. These include (i) biodiversity losses as populations of native ladybirds suffer from intraguild predation and competition for resources; (ii) human nuisance in houses, including risks of allergy and (iii) potential losses to wine‐growers. We provide an economic valuation of environmental and private characteristics affected by the Asian ladybird's invasion. We conduct a discrete choice experiment among a representative sample of the French population. Our results show that the consequences of the Asian ladybird's introduction do affect significantly the population's welfare. Among these, the impact on biodiversity through the threat on native species appears to be a significant concern.

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“…Both models have a long success record and are frequently applied in economics, psychology, consumer research, and related fields, including the domains of travel behavior (e.g., Adamowicz, Louviere, & Williams, 1994;Hensher, 1994;Train, 1978;Wardman, 1988), environmental behavior (e.g., Hanley, Wright, & Adamowicz, 1998;Roberts, Boyer, & Lusk, 2008), political choice behavior (e.g., Bowler, Karp, & Donovan, 2010;Karp, 2009;Nownes, 1992), consumer choices (e.g., Green & Srinivasan, 1978, 1990, or food choices (e.g., Gil & Sánchez, 1997;Loureiro & Umberger, 2005, 2007. For example, using probit models, Ryan and Farrar (2000) analyzed preferences in health care (e.g., treatment in a local clinic vs. treatment in a hospital), and Phillips, Maddala, and Johnson (2002) measured preferences for different HIV tests.…”

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Rigorously testing multialternative decision field theory against random utility models.

Berkowitsch¹,

Scheibehenne

Rieskamp

2014

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

104

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Cognitive models of decision making aim to explain the process underlying observed choices. Here, we test a sequential sampling model of decision making, multialternative decision field theory (MDFT; Roe, Busemeyer, & Townsend, 2001), on empirical grounds and compare it against 2 established random utility models of choice: the probit and the logit model. Using a within-subject experimental design, participants in 2 studies repeatedly choose among sets of options (consumer products) described on several attributes. The results of Study 1 showed that all models predicted participants' choices equally well. In Study 2, in which the choice sets were explicitly designed to distinguish the models, MDFT had an advantage in predicting the observed choices. Study 2 further revealed the occurrence of multiple context effects within single participants, indicating an interdependent evaluation of choice options and correlations between different context effects. In sum, the results indicate that sequential sampling models can provide relevant insights into the cognitive process underlying preferential choices and thus can lead to better choice predictions.

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Preferences for environmental quality under uncertainty

Cited by 67 publications

References 31 publications

Looking below the surface: The cultural ecosystem service values of UK marine protected areas (MPAs)

Looking below the surface: The cultural ecosystem service values of UK marine protected areas (MPAs)

Valuing the Impacts of An Invasive Biological Control Agent: A Choice Experiment on the Asian Ladybird in France

Rigorously testing multialternative decision field theory against random utility models.

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