SHIFTING SANDS: A PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION OF SEASONAL VARIATION IN PREFERENCES FOR BEACHES

Craig Mohn, Michael Hanemann (), Linwood Pendleton and David F. Layton

No 6859, CUDARE Working Papers from University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Abstract: Choice data about recreational activities has usually been available for decisions made at a single point in time. Even when data has been collected over a long interval, analysis has generally ignored the impact of seasonality on the relative value of different attributes, treating all choices as the same. This paper looks at a panel of beach recreators from southern California and tests two possible reasons for seasonally changing preferences. We find that seasonal effects can have a substantial impact on the relative utility to the consumer of water quality and money.

Keywords: Institutional; and; Behavioral; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6859

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