TY - JOUR
T1 - Local consequences of national policies - a spatial analysis of preferences for forest access reduction
AU - Nielsen, Anne Sofie Elberg
AU - Lundhede, Thomas
AU - Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Stated preference studies eliciting welfare economic consequence of national policies, are often not considering the spatial variation in supply and demand. This spatial variation may however cause large distributional heterogeneity of policy changes. In this study, we use a choice experiment to test whether peoples' preferences for restrictions in forest access is influenced by spatial heterogeneity in local forest presence and quality conditions. Combining survey data with GIS information we assess the size of local forest cover, distance to nearest forest and forest quality indicators in a radius of 2.5 km from respondent's residence. We demonstrate that a nationally framed policy implementing access reductions to protect wildlife may have heterogeneous welfare consequences which can be described by a general disutility for access reductions and dependency on local forest attributes. Further, geo referencing the residence of all invited respondents allows us to test whether forest cover, distance and other forest attributes are different between respondents and non-respondents. No evidence of self-selection is identified.
AB - Stated preference studies eliciting welfare economic consequence of national policies, are often not considering the spatial variation in supply and demand. This spatial variation may however cause large distributional heterogeneity of policy changes. In this study, we use a choice experiment to test whether peoples' preferences for restrictions in forest access is influenced by spatial heterogeneity in local forest presence and quality conditions. Combining survey data with GIS information we assess the size of local forest cover, distance to nearest forest and forest quality indicators in a radius of 2.5 km from respondent's residence. We demonstrate that a nationally framed policy implementing access reductions to protect wildlife may have heterogeneous welfare consequences which can be described by a general disutility for access reductions and dependency on local forest attributes. Further, geo referencing the residence of all invited respondents allows us to test whether forest cover, distance and other forest attributes are different between respondents and non-respondents. No evidence of self-selection is identified.
KW - Choice experiment
KW - Preference heterogeneity
KW - Recreation
KW - Self-selection
KW - Spatial heterogeneity
KW - WTP
U2 - 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.08.010
DO - 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.08.010
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84985961235
SN - 1389-9341
VL - 73
SP - 68
EP - 77
JO - Forest Policy and Economics
JF - Forest Policy and Economics
ER -