A5051035948- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Water resources management and optimization
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Forest Management and Policy
- Customer churn and segmentation
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Sports Analytics and Performance
- Housing Market and Economics
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Auction Theory and Applications
Michigan State University
2015-2024
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
1998-2022
University of California, Davis
2020
Pacific Northwest Research Station
2020
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2003-2019
University of Delaware
2016
South College
2016
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
2002-2013
GTx (United States)
2010
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
2002
An increasing amount of investment has been devoted to protecting and restoring ecosystem services worldwide. The efficiency conservation investments, including payments for (PES), found be affected by biological, political, economic, demographic, social factors, but little is known about the effects norms at neighborhood level. As a first attempt quantify norms, we studied series possible factors on people's intentions maintaining forest their Grain-to-Green Program (GTGP) land plots if...
Abstract Understanding farmers’ willingness to participate in agricultural payment‐for‐environmental‐services (PES) programmes is an essential precondition for designing effective and efficient programmes. Willingness typically examined via stated preference surveys using the standard hurdle model whether how much participate. Among respondents who decline participate, such analyses cannot distinguish between declined due payment level those were not interested at all. This paper applies a...
Abstract: Ecosystem services are being protected and restored worldwide through payments for ecosystem in which participants paid to alter their land‐management approaches benefit the environment. The efficiency of such investments depends on design payment scheme. Land features have been used measure environmental benefits amount land enrollment schemes. Household characteristics program participants, however, may also be important targeting enrollment. We households participating China's...
Web surveys present methodological challenges including lower response rates as compared to other survey methods. The literature on invitations participate in web builds previous research suggesting that advance letters are cost-effective means for increasing mail and interviewer-administered surveys. efficacy appropriateness of design elements a is not yet well understood. This reports results full-factorial experiment ( n = 15,652) five invitations—invitation mode, subject line, location...
Yang, W., D. W. Hyndman, J. A. Winkler, Viña, Deines, F. Lupi, L. Luo, Y. Li, B. Basso, C. Zheng, Ma, S. X. Liu, H. G. Cao, Q. Meng, Z. Ouyang, and Liu. 2016. Urban water sustainability: framework application. Ecology Society 21(4):4.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08685-210404
This article discusses best practices for implementing recreation demand models. We focus on insights that research and experience provide the typical application, where analyst uses individual-level data to measure value of changes in site access or quality at one more destinations. examine issues related collection, pre-analysis tasks, modeling, assessing quality, addition a discussion future needs. Our is understanding when analyst's goal present accurate estimates economic so we...
<i>We conduct a benefit-cost analysis of relicensing agreement for two hydroelectric dams in Michigan. The changed daily conditions from peaking to run-of-river flows. We consider three categories costs and benefits: producer adapting electricity production the new time profile output; benefits reductions air pollution greenhouse gas emissions; improved recreational fishing. best estimates suggest that aggregate are more than twice as large costs. conceptual empirical methods provide...
Abstract We estimated a pair of models to characterize the demand for Great Lakes recreational fishing in Michigan. With nested logit framework, tested whether anglers have an unobserved tendency substitute between sites based on target species or lake‐specific preferences. Results indicated that tend more readily within lake, although we found choice model did not qualitatively influence measures nonmarket value. Both predicted destinations would be strongly influenced by catch rates. Using...
This paper describes an economic model that links the demand for recreational stream fishing to fish biomass. Useful measures of quality are often difficult obtain. In past, economists have linked sites species presence-absence indicators or average self-reported catch rates. The presented here takes advantage a unique data set statewide biomass estimates several popular game in Michigan, including trout, bass and walleye. These combined with trip information from 2008–2010 survey Michigan...
Nature-based tourism in protected areas, which is growing worldwide, offers much potential to enhance biodiversity conservation, poverty alleviation, and ultimately sustainable development. Understanding the evolution of areas as destinations causes consequences changing supply demand elements an essential step toward sustainably managing these critical ecosystems. This research applied Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) model illustrate analyze 30-year Wolong Nature Reserve. Being inscribed...
Abstract Despite the success of efforts to reduce phosphorus (P) pollution from point sources, P non‐point agricultural sources remains a vexing problem with many U.S. water bodies having impairments. Key solving puzzle is take stock progress date, pieces available, and gaps be filled. In this paper, we synthesize state knowledge on pollution, discuss existing public programs, review economists' contributions informing policies. We quality valuation literature, identifying limitations in...
Abstract In a world free of transaction costs, reverse auctions have the potential to cost‐effectively allocate payment for environmental service contracts by targeting projects that provide most benefit per dollar spent. However, only succeed if enough farmers choose bid so auctioneer can evaluate numerous targeted funding. A 2014 conservation auction payments practices reduce phosphorus runoff in Northwest Ohio experienced very thin bidding. According follow‐up survey, participation was...