The Economic Value of Camping Using Administrative Data

The Economic Value of Camping Using Administrative Data

This paper implements a seasonal travel cost model using administrative data from an online camping reservation system on over 71,500 individuals taking 144,000 trips to 68 campgrounds in Alberta, Canada. Using a Kuhn–Tucker modeling framework, the per trip welfare impacts of campground closures ran...

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Published in:Journal of agricultural and resource economics Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 445 - 461
Main Authors: Lloyd-Smith, Patrick, Becker, Marcus
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Logan Western Agricultural Economics Association 01-09-2020
Edition:1835
Subjects:
Bias
Camping
Data collection
Datasets
Decision making
Demand and Price Analysis
Diminishing marginal utility
Estimates
Institutional and Behavioral Economics
Jurisdiction
Parks & recreation areas
Polls & surveys
Public lands
Recall
Recreation
Satiety
Travel
User behavior
Alberta Canada
Canada
United States > US
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Summary:This paper implements a seasonal travel cost model using administrative data from an online camping reservation system on over 71,500 individuals taking 144,000 trips to 68 campgrounds in Alberta, Canada. Using a Kuhn–Tucker modeling framework, the per trip welfare impacts of campground closures ranges from $46 to $144. The substantial heterogeneity in welfare measures across campgrounds in per trip welfare measures for the same recreational activity in the same jurisdiction raises caution about the use of simple unit transfers of recreation values. Furthermore, we assess how the value of campground trips is associated with park attributes, campground amenities, and available activities nearby.
ISSN:1068-5502
2327-8285
DOI:10.22004/ag.econ.302498