The Marginal Value of Streamflow from National Forests

Thomas C. Brown, Alexander Bujak and John B. Loomis

No 404161, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Table of Contents: Introduction --- Estimating the Marginal Value of Streamflow (Is a Water User Affected by a Streamflow Change? – If Accessible, What Is the Water Worth? [Municipal Supply – Industry – Irrigated Agriculture – Hydroelectric Power – Recreation – Habitat – Channel Maintenance – Navigation – Flooding] – Water Rights and Market Prices [Priority – Market Competitiveness – Value of Services – Summary]) --- Evidence from Water Markets – Methods – Results [Quantity of Water Sold – Occurrence and Price of Qualifying Cases Aggregated Over All 14 Years – Who Sold to Whom, and for What Purpose? – Trends in Occurrence and Price – Environmental Trades – Price Differences Across Markets – Price Dispersion within Markets – Effect of Low-priced Trades – Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Variability – Key Findings from Analysis of Market Trades]) --- Hydroelectric Power --- Evidence from the Literature (Recreation – Frederick et al.' s Summary of Studies of the Economic Value of Water) --- The Marginal Value of Water from National Forests --- References --- Tables --- Figures --- Appendix A. Water Market Trade Cases for Analysis --- Appendix B. Total Value of Streamflow from the National Forests.

Keywords: Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Research Research Methods/Statistical Methods; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 98
Date: 2004-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.404161

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