A Latent Class Nested Logit Model for Rank-Ordered Data with Application to Cork Oak Reforestation

Jose Oviedo and Hong Il Yoo ()
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Hong Il Yoo: Durham University

Environmental & Resource Economics, 2017, vol. 68, issue 4, No 9, 1051 pages

Abstract: Abstract We analyze stated ranking data collected from recreational visitors to the Alcornocales Natural Park (ANP) in Spain. The ANP is a large protected area which comprises mainly cork oak woodlands. The visitors ranked cork oak reforestation programs delivering different sets of environmental (reforestation technique, biodiversity, forest surface) and social (jobs and recreation sites created) outcomes. We specify a novel latent class nested logit model for rank-ordered data to estimate the distribution of willingness-to-pay for each outcome. Our modeling approach jointly exploits recent advances in discrete choice methods. The results suggest that prioritizing biodiversity would increase certainty over public support for a reforestation program. In addition, a substantial fraction of the visitor population are willing to pay more for the social outcomes than the environmental outcomes, whereas the existing reforestation subsidies are often justified by the environmental outcomes alone.

Keywords: Discrete choice; Stated preference; Willingness-to-pay; Forest; Land use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 C35 C51 Q23 Q51 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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