Non market valuation of alcohol consumption for off-highway vehicle parks in North Carolina

This study develops a structural model demand for off-highway vehicle (OHV) parks and the probability of injuries. The study uses a demand system of equations to estimate the value alcohol consumption has for recreationists in four North Carolina OHV parks. Alcohol consumption jointly affects demand...

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Main Author Gonzalez-Sepulveda, Juan Marcos
Format Dissertation
LanguageEnglish
Published ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.2006
Subjects
Agricultural economics
Alcohol use
Alcoholism
Codes
Consumers
Consumption
Costs
Data collection
Demand
Econometrics
Economic theory
Environmental quality
Expenditures
Fatalities
Fees & charges
Forests
Geographic information systems
Leisure
Off highway vehicles
Opportunity costs
Parks & recreation areas
Preferences
Prices
Probability
Recreation
Restrictions
Software
Studies
Trails
Travel
Valuation methods
Vehicles
Wilderness areas
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Summary:This study develops a structural model demand for off-highway vehicle (OHV) parks and the probability of injuries. The study uses a demand system of equations to estimate the value alcohol consumption has for recreationists in four North Carolina OHV parks. Alcohol consumption jointly affects demand and likelihood of injury, which also affects demand. A Probit model predicting the impact of alcohol consumption on the probability of suffering an injury is estimated jointly with a Poisson demand system. Demand equations are estimated using 3 stated preference equations in conjunction with observed choices for the years 1997-99. The four parks included in our study are Brown Mountain, Upper Tellico, Wayehutta and Badin Lake. All of them are located in the central and western part of North Carolina.
ISBN:0542600218
9780542600210