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Distributional Effects of Entry Fees and Taxation for Financing Public Beaches

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  • Frank Lupi
  • Roger H. von Haefen
  • Li Cheng

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We use a multisite general population demand model to assess welfare and distributional effects of entrance pricing and taxation to finance Great Lakes beach management. We compare revenue resulting from uniform entry (i.e., gate) fees across sites to additional state income tax generating equivalent revenues. We present empirical demand elasticities with respect to total prices, including entry fees and elasticities with respect only to fees. We find that demand is price elastic for total trips and individual sites, with individual sites being significantly more elastic. Over a broad range of entry fees, total trip and site demands are fee elastic.

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  • Frank Lupi & Roger H. von Haefen & Li Cheng, 2022. "Distributional Effects of Entry Fees and Taxation for Financing Public Beaches," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 98(3), pages 509-519.
  • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:98:y:2022:i:3:p:509-519
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.98.3.083121-0105
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    1. Boudreaux, Greg & Lupi, Frank & Sohngen, Brent & Xu, Alan, 2023. "Measuring beachgoer preferences for avoiding harmful algal blooms and bacterial warnings," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 204(PA).

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    JEL classification:

    • Q21 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
    • Q26 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Recreational Aspects of Natural Resources

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