nep-tur New Economics Papers
on Tourism Economics
Issue of 2008‒05‒24
two papers chosen by
Antonello Scorcu
University of Bologna

  1. Measuring the Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Marine Recreational Shore Fishing in North Carolina By John C. Whitehead; Ben Poulter; Christopher F. Dumas; Okmyung Bin
  2. Valuing environmental impacts of coastal development projects: a choice modelling application in Spain. By David Hoyos Ramos; Pere Riera Micaló; Javier Fernández Macho; Carmen Gallastegui; Dolores García

  1. By: John C. Whitehead; Ben Poulter; Christopher F. Dumas; Okmyung Bin
    Abstract: We develop estimates of the economic effects of sea level rise on marine recreational shore fishing in North Carolina. We estimate the relationship between angler behavior and spatial differences in beach width using the Marine Recreational Fishing Statistics Survey and geospatial data. We exploit the empirical relationship between beach width and site choice by simulating the effects of (1) sea level rise on beach width and (2) beach width on angler site choice. We find that the welfare losses are potentially substantial, ranging up to a present value of $1.26 billion over 75 years. Key Words: marine recreational fishing, travel cost method, climate change, sea level rise
    JEL: Q51
    Date: 2008
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:apl:wpaper:08-09&r=tur
  2. By: David Hoyos Ramos (Unidad de Economía Ambiental - Instituto de Economía Pública); Pere Riera Micaló (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona); Javier Fernández Macho (Departamento de Economía Aplicada III); Carmen Gallastegui (Institute for Public Economics. University of the Basque Country); Dolores García (Departament d’Economia Aplicada. Universitat de les Illes Balears)
    Abstract: Developmental monetary benefits of coast artificialisation projects are rarely confronted with the environmental benefits that its conservation may entail. As a consequence, policy-makers often face decision making processes in which monetary benefits have to be balanced with physical impacts ending up in undervaluation or overvaluation of environmental aspects. Non-market valuation of coastal and marine resources is thus a growing concern in the assessment of cost-benefit analysis of coastal developmental projects. This paper attempts to estimate the effects on people’s utility of the potential environmental impacts of a new seaport in Pasaia, Spain. A choice modelling technique is proposed as a means of estimating marginal impacts for different environmental attributes of mount Jaizkibel, namely its landscape, flora, avifauna and seabed. The results from a multinomial logit model reveal that, on average, individuals would pay 1.39 euros for a one percentage protection of its landscape; 0.87 euros for protecting its flora; 0.68 euros for protecting its avifauna; and 0.63 euros for protecting its seabed.
    Keywords: choice modelling; environmental valuation; social welfare
    JEL: Q51
    Date: 2008–05–19
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehu:biltok:200802&r=tur

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