Willingness to Pay for Water Quality Improvements in the United States and Canada: Considering Possibilities for International Meta-Analysis and Benefit Transfer

Johnston, Robert J.; Thomassin, Paul J.

doi:10.1017/s1068280500001866

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“…In the US, Rosenberger and Phipps (2001) find that CV-based transfer errors between states are larger than transfer errors within states. Johnston and Thomassin (2010) show that international transfers between Canada and the US based on a CV meta-function outperform single study value transfers in terms of prediction accuracy. In the only international choice experiment (CE) we know, focusing on commuting trips in Australia, Chile and Taiwan, Rose et al (2009) find that the estimated choice models are not transferable across different countries and cultures.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Despite the efforts in this area of research, the reliability of transfer procedures is still under discussion (Wilson and Hoehn 2006;Moeltner et al 2007;Colombo and Hanley 2008;Johnston and Duke 2010;Johnson and Rosenberger 2010;Johnston and Thomassin 2010). Compared to contingent valuation (CV), choice experiments are believed to be better equipped for value transfer (Morrison and Bergland 2006;Rolfe and Bennett 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Improving value transfer through socio-economic adjustments in a multicountry choice experiment of water conservation alternatives

Brouwer

Martín-Ortega

Dekker

et al. 2015

Aust J Agric Resour Econ

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This study tests the transferability of the nonmarket values of water conservation for domestic and environmental purposes across three south European countries and Australia applying a common choice experiment design. Different approaches are followed to test the transferability of the estimated values, aiming to minimise transfer errors for use in policy analysis, comparing both single-and multicountry transfers, with and without socio-economic adjustments. Within Europe, significant differences are found between implicit prices for environmental water use, but not for domestic water use. In the Australian case study, alleviating restrictions on domestic water use has no significant value. Pooling the three European samples improves the transferability of the environmental flow values between Europe and Australia. Results show that a reduction in transfer error is achieved when controlling for unobserved and observed preference heterogeneity in the single-and multicountry transfers, providing additional support for the superiority of socio-economic adjustment procedures in value transfer.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving value transfer through socio-economic adjustments in a multicountry choice experiment of water conservation alternatives

Brouwer

Martín-Ortega

Dekker

et al. 2015

Aust J Agric Resour Econ

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“…For example, Smith and Huang (1993) review the use of hedonic pricing models to assess values for air pollution reductions over more than a 25-year span. The volume of valuation work is demonstrated in meta-analysis studies associated with topics such as reductions in pesticide risk exposure (Florax et al 2005); mortality risk reductions (Lindhjem et al 2011); improvements in water quality (Johnston et al 2005(Johnston et al , 2017a(Johnston et al , 2018aVan Houtven et al 2007;Johnston and Thomassin 2010;Newbold et al 2018); as well as meta-analyses of values for recreation (e.g. Zandersen and Tol 2009); forests (e.g.…”

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Valuing non-market economic impacts from natural hazards

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Prioritising investments to minimise or mitigate natural hazards such as wildfires and storms is of increasing importance to hazard managers. Prioritisation of this type can be strengthened by considering benefit and cost impacts. To evaluate benefits and costs, managers require an understanding of both the tangible economic benefits and costs of mitigation decisions, and the often intangible values associated with environmental, social and health-related outcomes. We review the state of non-market valuation studies that provide monetary equivalent estimates for the intangible benefits and costs that can be affected by natural hazard events or their mitigation. We discuss whether managers can usefully call upon these available estimates, with a view to using the benefit transfer approach to include non-market values in economic decision frameworks. Additional context-specific non-market valuation studies are required to provide a more accurate selection of value estimates for natural hazard decision making. Decision making would benefit from considering these values explicitly in prioritising natural hazard investments.

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“…Unfortunately, these values are essentially the only Canadian values available for researchers and policy analysts to employ when examining policies that have implications for water quality and, hence, ecosystem services. This is problematic, given the fi ndings of Johnston and Thomassin ( 2010 ) in a meta-analysis of water quality values using American and the few Canadian studies that exist. Namely, they fi nd a systematic downward pattern in Canadian WTP, relative to American values, even when examining otherwise identical policies that provide water quality improvements.…”

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confidence: 99%