The value of wetlands in Quebec: a comparison between contingent valuation and choice experiment

Jie He, Jérôme Dupras and Thomas G. Poder

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2017, vol. 6, issue 1, 51-78

Abstract: This study aims to evaluate the non-market values of ecosystem services generated by wetlands in southern Quebec. To accomplish this, we evaluated the value of wetland services related to (1) habitat for biodiversity, (2) flood control, (3) water quality and (4) climate regulation. Two non-market valuation methods are proposed, contingent valuation and choice experiment. Our study aims to measure both the population's willingness to pay (WTP) for wetland preservation and restoration and to understand which environmental attributes and socioeconomic characteristics motivate people's responses. We also compared the results of the two methods. Our conclusion suggests that the two methods provide statistically convergent WTP values, both in total value and in relative importance for different attributes involved. Our result also confirms the coefficient equivalence between the estimation models using the data from the two methods.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2016.1199976

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