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Environmental diversity in recreational choice modelling

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Angel Bujosa Bestard () (Centre de Recerca Econòmica (UIB · Sa Nostra))
Antoni Riera Font () (Centre de Recerca Econòmica (UIB · Sa Nostra))

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The accuracy of environmental valuation studies relies, to a great extent, on the suitability of the proxy measures used to capture individuals’ preferences. While important advances have been achieved in last years concerning the characterization of the physical background in which recreational choices are made, Travel Cost Method applications have failed to consider the heterogeneity of landscape and the spatial configuration of land use. This paper presents an empirical application to forest recreation in Mallorca (Spain), implementing a random parameter logit model to evaluate —in terms of goodness-of-fit, model predictions and welfare measurements— the effects of environmental diversity on the recreational site-choice process.

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Paper provided by Centre de Recerca Econòmica (UIB ·"Sa Nostra") in its series CRE Working Papers (Documents de treball del CRE) with number 2008/5.

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Publication status: Published in 'Documents de Treball CRE', 2008, pages 1-19
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Keywords: Travel Cost Method; random parameter logit; recreation demand; environmental diversity; forests;

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  1. Angel Bujosa Bestard & Antoni Riera Font & Robert L. Hicks, 2009. "Combining discrete and continuous representations of preference heterogeneity: a latent class approach," CRE Working Papers (Documents de treball del CRE) 2009/2, Centre de Recerca Econòmica (UIB ·"Sa Nostra"). [Downloadable!]
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