Up the proverbial creek without a paddle: Accounting for variable participant skill levels in recreational demand modelling

Stephen Hynes, Nick Hanley and Eoghan Garvey
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Eoghan Garvey: Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

No 604, Working Papers from Rural Economy and Development Programme,Teagasc

Abstract: We adapt the standard random utility model to take account of the heterogeneity of recreational preferences by using what we call a “skilled-based conditional logit framework”. By separating out our sample of whitewater kayakers into two exogenously identifiable groups (based on their skill level) and running separate conditional logits for each group we are able to take account of the fact that kayakers of different skill levels are looking for different characteristics from the whitewater site they choose to visit. We find that not taking into account the differences in the skill of the kayakers and the grade of the river will result in an overestimation of the welfare estimates associated with improvements to lower grade whitewater sites (which are frequented by basic/intermediated proficiency level kayakers) and underestimating welfare estimates associated with changes in the attributes of higher grade whitewater sites (which are frequented by advanced proficiency level kayakers).

Keywords: Whitewater kayaking; skill levels; Random Utility Model; preference heterogeneity. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2006
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Journal Article: Up the Proverbial Creek without a Paddle: Accounting for Variable Participant Skill Levels in Recreational Demand Modelling (2007)
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