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Climate and the destination choice of German tourists
Hamilton, Jacqueline M. - 2004
. Climate change can be expected to have an effect on this attractiveness and will subsequently alter patterns of demand. An … study. Data on the climate, beach length and indicators of cultural, natural resource and economic attractiveness of the … destination countries are used in the regression analysis. Optimal climate values were calculated and a climate index was used to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011599998
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Age effects in monetary valuation of mortality risks : The relevance of individual risk exposure
Leiter, Andrea M. - 2008
It is still an ongoing discussion whether benefits resulting from reduced mortality risk should be valuated differently, depending on the age of the beneficiaries. Theory suggests that the influence of age on the value of statistical life (VSL), which is a monetary measure for reduced/prevented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293387
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Destination image built by the cinema: The case of "Basilicata Coast to Coast"
Bencivenga, Angelo; Chiarullo, Livio; Colangelo, Delio; … - 2012
Film tourism, meaning the phenomenon that is born of the desire to visit film locations, has been the object of increasing attention in recent years. This document presents the results of a field research conducted with the aim of analysing the effects of the film Basilicata Coast to Coast, by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294271
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Coasian payments for agricultural external benefits - an empirical cross-section analysis
Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Pruckner, Gerald J - 2005
This paper deals with a cross section analysis of local compensation payments to farmers for their provision of landscape amenities in alpine tourist communities. These payments can be interpreted as the outcomes of Coasian negotiations. Based on Austrian data we empirically identify the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294510
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Identifying the Link Between Coastal Tourism and Marine Ecosystems in the Baltic, North Sea, and Mediterranean Countries
Otrachshenko, Vladimir; Bosello, Francesco - 2015
This paper examines the impact of marine ecosystem quality on inbound coastal tourism in the Baltic, North Sea, and Mediterranean countries. Given extensive empirical findings in ecological science, we use marine protected areas (MPAs) and the fraction of species that are shed in each country's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307256
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Information and Willingness to Pay in a Contingent Valuation Study: The Value of S. Erasmo in the Lagoon of Venice
Alberini, Anna; Rosato, Paolo; Longo, Alberto; Zanatta, … - 2004
This paper reports on a contingent valuation study eliciting willingness to pay for a public program for the preservation of lagoon, beach and infrastructure in the island of S. Erasmo in the Lagoon of Venice. A referendum dichotomous choice approach with a follow-up question is used to obtain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324895
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Climate and the Destination Choice of German Tourists
Hamilton, Jacqueline M. - 2004
. Climate change can be expected to have an effect on this attractiveness and will subsequently alter patterns of demand. An … study. Data on the climate, beach length and indicators of cultural, natural resource and economic attractiveness of the … destination countries are used in the regression analysis. Optimal climate values were calculated and a climate index was used to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324901
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Agri-Environmental Policies in a Transition Economy: Using a Choice Experiment to Value Agricultural Biodiversity on Hungarian Small Farms
Birol, Ekin; Gyovai, Ágnes; Smale, Melinda - 2004
Agricultural biodiversity is a crucial environmental resource. Much of the agricultural biodiversity remaining today is found on the semi-subsistence farms of poorer countries and on the small-scale farms and home gardens of more industrialised nations. The traditional Hungarian home gardens,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324925
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The Copula Approach to Sample Selection Modelling: An Application to the Recreational Value of Forests
Strazzera, Elisabetta; Genius, Margarita - 2004
The sample selection model is based upon a bivariate or a multivariate structure, and distributional assumptions are in this context more severe than in univariate settings, due to the limited availability of tractable multivariate distributions. While the standard FIML estimation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324951
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The Economics of Warm Glow: A Note on Consumer's Behavior and Public Policy Implications
Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.; Onofri, Laura - 2004
The paper focuses on the ongoing debate on non-market valuation, including the valuation environmental goods, and the opportunity to use contingent valuation for policy guidance. In fact, contingent valuation critics argue that reported willingness to pay answers do not reflect real economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324992