Joint models for noise annoyance and willingness to pay for road noise reduction

TY - JOUR

T1 - Joint models for noise annoyance and willingness to pay for road noise reduction

AU - Fosgerau, Mogens

AU - Bjørner, Thomas Bue

PY - 2006/2

Y1 - 2006/2

N2 - Recent contingent valuation (CV) studies of the willingness to pay (WTP) for road noise reduction have used stated annoyance as an independent variable. We argue that this may be inappropriate due to potential endogeneity bias. Instead, an alternative model is proposed that treats both WTP and annoyance as endogenous variables in a simultaneous equation model as a combination of a linear regression with an ordered probit with correlated error terms and possibly common parameters. Thus, information on stated annoyance is utilised to estimate WTP with increased efficiency. Application of the model to a dataset from Copenhagen indicates a potential for improving the precision of the estimate of WTP for noise reduction with CV data.

AB - Recent contingent valuation (CV) studies of the willingness to pay (WTP) for road noise reduction have used stated annoyance as an independent variable. We argue that this may be inappropriate due to potential endogeneity bias. Instead, an alternative model is proposed that treats both WTP and annoyance as endogenous variables in a simultaneous equation model as a combination of a linear regression with an ordered probit with correlated error terms and possibly common parameters. Thus, information on stated annoyance is utilised to estimate WTP with increased efficiency. Application of the model to a dataset from Copenhagen indicates a potential for improving the precision of the estimate of WTP for noise reduction with CV data.

KW - Joint ordered discrete-continuous models

KW - Noise annoyance

KW - Valuation of noise reduction

KW - Willingness to pay

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=25144478816&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.trb.2005.03.001

DO - 10.1016/j.trb.2005.03.001

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:25144478816

SN - 0191-2615

VL - 40

SP - 164

EP - 178

JO - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

JF - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

IS - 2

ER -