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ABSTRACT: The influence of perceptions of water quality on the likelihood of recreating at a particular recreation site is investigated using a logit model. The model is estimated for St. Albans Bay, Vermont. A hypothetical improvement in water quality was shown to greatly increase the probability of at least one visit to the bay during a season. This implies that many recreationists who do not use the bay at present will do so if water quality improves. A demand model for predicting site visitation must, therefore, include current nonusers in the sample. Failure to do so would result in misleading predictions about future demand for the bay.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 559-563 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1986 |
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- Ecology
- Water Science and Technology
- Earth-Surface Processes
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IMPACTS OF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ON SITE VISITATION : A PROBABILISTIC MODELING APPROACH. / Ribaudo, Marc O.; Young, C. Edwin; Shortle, James Samuel.
In: JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 22, No. 4, 01.01.1986, p. 559-563.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - IMPACTS OF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ON SITE VISITATION
T2 - A PROBABILISTIC MODELING APPROACH
AU - Ribaudo, Marc O.
AU - Young, C. Edwin
AU - Shortle, James Samuel
PY - 1986/1/1
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N2 - ABSTRACT: The influence of perceptions of water quality on the likelihood of recreating at a particular recreation site is investigated using a logit model. The model is estimated for St. Albans Bay, Vermont. A hypothetical improvement in water quality was shown to greatly increase the probability of at least one visit to the bay during a season. This implies that many recreationists who do not use the bay at present will do so if water quality improves. A demand model for predicting site visitation must, therefore, include current nonusers in the sample. Failure to do so would result in misleading predictions about future demand for the bay.
AB - ABSTRACT: The influence of perceptions of water quality on the likelihood of recreating at a particular recreation site is investigated using a logit model. The model is estimated for St. Albans Bay, Vermont. A hypothetical improvement in water quality was shown to greatly increase the probability of at least one visit to the bay during a season. This implies that many recreationists who do not use the bay at present will do so if water quality improves. A demand model for predicting site visitation must, therefore, include current nonusers in the sample. Failure to do so would result in misleading predictions about future demand for the bay.
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