Welfare Measurement Bias in Household and On-Site Surveying of Water-Based Recreation : An Application to Lake Sevan, Armenia

Welfare Measurement Bias in Household and On-Site Surveying of Water-Based Recreation : An Application to Lake Sevan, Armenia

Studies comparing household surveys with on-site interceptor surveys have typically accounted for over-sampling avid users in the on-site interceptor surveys (that is, endogenous stratification). However, these studies have typically not accounted for the possibility that the household sample may co...

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Main Authors: Meisner, Craig, Wang, Hua, Laplante, Benoît
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADVERSE IMPACTS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSES
CONSUMER SURPLUS
CONSUMERS
CONTINGENT VALUATION
COST ANALYSIS
DEMAND ANALYSIS
DEMAND CURVE
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DRIVING
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMETRICS
ESTIMATORS
EXPECTED VALUE
FRAMEWORK
INCOME
INSPECTION
INTERVIEWS
MODELING
PATENTS
QUESTIONNAIRES
R&D
RECREATIONAL TRIPS
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
SIGNS
SURVEY DATA
SURVEYING
TECHNIQUES
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRAVEL COSTS
TRIP
TRIP COSTS
TRIP FREQUENCY
TRIPS
TRUE
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY MAXIMIZATION
VALUE OF TIME
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6822666/welfare-measurement-bias-household-on-site-surveying-water-based-recreation-application-lake-sevan-armenia
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spelling okr-10986-84582021-04-23T14:02:40Z Welfare Measurement Bias in Household and On-Site Surveying of Water-Based Recreation : An Application to Lake Sevan, Armenia Meisner, Craig Wang, Hua Laplante, Benoît ADVERSE IMPACTS COMPARATIVE ANALYSES CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMERS CONTINGENT VALUATION COST ANALYSIS DEMAND ANALYSIS DEMAND CURVE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DRIVING ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMETRICS ESTIMATORS EXPECTED VALUE FRAMEWORK INCOME INSPECTION INTERVIEWS MODELING PATENTS QUESTIONNAIRES R&D RECREATIONAL TRIPS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS SIGNS SURVEY DATA SURVEYING TECHNIQUES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRAVEL COSTS TRIP TRIP COSTS TRIP FREQUENCY TRIPS TRUE UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY MAXIMIZATION VALUE OF TIME Studies comparing household surveys with on-site interceptor surveys have typically accounted for over-sampling avid users in the on-site interceptor surveys (that is, endogenous stratification). However, these studies have typically not accounted for the possibility that the household sample may contain a large presence of zero observations. If a large proportion of the population does not recreate at the site for any value of the price vector, this inflation of zero observations leads to biased welfare estimates and an inadequate comparison with the on-site survey. In this paper, the authors estimate and compare three models which correct for these measurement issues in both the household and on-site surveys. Results from an application to recreation at Lake Sevan (Armenia) indicate that household consumers' surplus is not statistically different from that of the on-site survey once the authors account for zero-inflation in the household sample and endogenous stratification in the on-site sample. 2012-06-19T18:50:16Z 2012-06-19T18:50:16Z 2006-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6822666/welfare-measurement-bias-household-on-site-surveying-water-based-recreation-application-lake-sevan-armenia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8458 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3932 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Armenia
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topic ADVERSE IMPACTS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSES
CONSUMER SURPLUS
CONSUMERS
CONTINGENT VALUATION
COST ANALYSIS
DEMAND ANALYSIS
DEMAND CURVE
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DRIVING
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMETRICS
ESTIMATORS
EXPECTED VALUE
FRAMEWORK
INCOME
INSPECTION
INTERVIEWS
MODELING
PATENTS
QUESTIONNAIRES
R&D
RECREATIONAL TRIPS
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
SIGNS
SURVEY DATA
SURVEYING
TECHNIQUES
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRAVEL COSTS
TRIP
TRIP COSTS
TRIP FREQUENCY
TRIPS
TRUE
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY MAXIMIZATION
VALUE OF TIME
spellingShingle ADVERSE IMPACTS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSES
CONSUMER SURPLUS
CONSUMERS
CONTINGENT VALUATION
COST ANALYSIS
DEMAND ANALYSIS
DEMAND CURVE
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DRIVING
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMETRICS
ESTIMATORS
EXPECTED VALUE
FRAMEWORK
INCOME
INSPECTION
INTERVIEWS
MODELING
PATENTS
QUESTIONNAIRES
R&D
RECREATIONAL TRIPS
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
SIGNS
SURVEY DATA
SURVEYING
TECHNIQUES
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRAVEL COSTS
TRIP
TRIP COSTS
TRIP FREQUENCY
TRIPS
TRUE
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY MAXIMIZATION
VALUE OF TIME
Meisner, Craig
Wang, Hua
Laplante, Benoît
Welfare Measurement Bias in Household and On-Site Surveying of Water-Based Recreation : An Application to Lake Sevan, Armenia
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Armenia
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3932
description Studies comparing household surveys with on-site interceptor surveys have typically accounted for over-sampling avid users in the on-site interceptor surveys (that is, endogenous stratification). However, these studies have typically not accounted for the possibility that the household sample may contain a large presence of zero observations. If a large proportion of the population does not recreate at the site for any value of the price vector, this inflation of zero observations leads to biased welfare estimates and an inadequate comparison with the on-site survey. In this paper, the authors estimate and compare three models which correct for these measurement issues in both the household and on-site surveys. Results from an application to recreation at Lake Sevan (Armenia) indicate that household consumers' surplus is not statistically different from that of the on-site survey once the authors account for zero-inflation in the household sample and endogenous stratification in the on-site sample.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Meisner, Craig
Wang, Hua
Laplante, Benoît
author_facet Meisner, Craig
Wang, Hua
Laplante, Benoît
author_sort Meisner, Craig
title Welfare Measurement Bias in Household and On-Site Surveying of Water-Based Recreation : An Application to Lake Sevan, Armenia
title_short Welfare Measurement Bias in Household and On-Site Surveying of Water-Based Recreation : An Application to Lake Sevan, Armenia
title_full Welfare Measurement Bias in Household and On-Site Surveying of Water-Based Recreation : An Application to Lake Sevan, Armenia
title_fullStr Welfare Measurement Bias in Household and On-Site Surveying of Water-Based Recreation : An Application to Lake Sevan, Armenia
title_full_unstemmed Welfare Measurement Bias in Household and On-Site Surveying of Water-Based Recreation : An Application to Lake Sevan, Armenia
title_sort welfare measurement bias in household and on-site surveying of water-based recreation : an application to lake sevan, armenia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6822666/welfare-measurement-bias-household-on-site-surveying-water-based-recreation-application-lake-sevan-armenia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8458
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