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Valuing improvements to coastal waters using choice experiments: An application to revisions of the EU Bathing Waters Directive
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posted on 2023-05-18, 05:20 authored by Hynes, S, Dugald Tinch, Hanley, NPlanned changes to the European Union’s Bathing Waters Directive (2006/7EC) will force member states to produce improvements in a number of parameters of coastal water quality. This study uses the choice experiment method to estimate the economic benefits attached to such improvements, based on a sample of recreationalists on beaches in Ireland. The analysis indicates that improvements in all of the bathing water related attributes studied result in positive willingness to pay, and also show evidence of scope effects. Using random parameters and latent class modelling techniques, potential heterogeneity in preferences is then investigated and shown to be present to a significant degree. One observable determinant of this preference heterogeneity is the degree of exposure of individuals to health risks relating to water quality, as proxied by the type of recreational activity they undertake.
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Publication title
Marine PolicyVolume
40Pagination
137-144ISSN
0308-597XDepartment/School
TSBEPublisher
Pergamon PressPlace of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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