Regional Economic Impacts of Recreation Visitation Response to Reservoir Water Level Management

Donald B. K. English, John Bergstrom and H. Ken Cordell

No 271075, 1991 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Manhattan, Kansas from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This paper reports the regional economic impacts of increased recreation visitation from delaying drawdown at four reservoirs in western North Carolina on the six-county area where the reservoirs lie. Visitation and economic indicators were very responsive to water level management policy, especially at reservoirs with the greatest recreation infrastructure development.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27
Date: 1991-08-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.271075

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