Estimating Water Quality Benefits

Bouwes, Nicholaas W., and Robert R. Schneider

No 329652, Economics Statistics and Cooperative Services (ESCS) Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present a method for estimating, ex ante, the benefits of water quality change associated with lake rehabilitation/stabilization projects. The method envolves first, presenting the theoretical basis from which the empirical analysis will proceed; second, establishing the relationship between an objective measurement of water quality utilized by water resource experts and the ratings of lake users; third, presenting a model including recreators' ratings of water quality; and fourth, synthesizing these components by advancing a method which is applied to a possible decision-making situation.

Keywords: Research Methods/Statistical Methods; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56
Date: 1978-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.329652

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