Monitoring Choice Task Attribute Attendance in Nonmarket Valuation of Multiple Park Management Services: Does It Matter?

• DOI: 10.3368/le.86.4.817
• Publication Date: 2015-08-07T02:50:32Z
• Authors: Riccardo Scarpa; Mara Thiene; David A. Hensher
• Keywords: Visitor pattern; Attendance; Nonmarket forces

Land management in Alpine parks provides multifunctional services to separate groups of users. Choice experiments can be used derive estimates value for different attributes. However, little research has been conducted on how frequently respondents ignore attributes describe policy scenarios. We fill this gap using an approach that identifies and compares both serial choice task attribute nonattendance addressing five visitor types. Our results indicate accounting significantly improves model fit yield marginal willingness pay with a more plausible pattern signs greater efficiency. <i>(JEL Q24, Q51)</i>