WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR AMATEUR SPORT AND RECREATION PROGRAMS

Bruce K. Johnson, John C. Whitehead (), Daniel S. Mason and Gordon J. Walker

Contemporary Economic Policy, 2007, vol. 25, issue 4, pages 553-564

Abstract: "A contingent valuation method (CVM) survey in Alberta, Canada, allows estimation of the household willingness to pay (WTP) for enhancements in the province's extensive sport and recreation programs. The estimated annual WTP of $18 per household for small enhancements in the programs far exceeds the estimated WTP of households in the United States to avoid the loss of major league sports teams, as determined in previous CVM studies. Those opposed to gambling, which helps to fund the Alberta programs, are more likely to favor using income taxes to finance expansions." ("JEL" H41, L83) Copyright 2007 Western Economic Association International.

Date: 2007

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2007.00072.x link to full text (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
Working Paper: Willingness to Pay for Amateur Sport and Recreation Programs (2006)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:25:y:2007:i:4:p:553-564

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.blackwell ... bs.asp?ref=1074-3529

Access Statistics for this article

Contemporary Economic Policy is edited by Wade E. Martin

More articles in Contemporary Economic Policy from Western Economic Association International
Contact information at EDIRC.
Series data maintained by Christopher F. Baum ().