Linking sportfishing trip attributes,participation decisions,and regional economic impacts in Lower and Central Cook Inlet,Alaska |
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Authors: | Charles Hamel Mark Herrmann S. Todd Lee Keith R. Criddle Hans T. Geier |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Economics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6080, USA (e-mail: ffmlh@uaf.edu), US;(2) National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fishery Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4, Seattle, WA 98115, USA, US;(3) Department of Economics, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-3530, USA (e-mail: kcriddle@econ.usu.edu), US;(4) Department of Natural Resource Management, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7580, US |
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Abstract: | Forecasts of the regional economic impacts of changes in the demand for recreation occasioned by regulatory changes, changes in the quality of the recreation experience, or changes in average trip costs require a model that links changes in these trip attributes to individual participation decisions and population participation rates. The probability that an individual will take a particular recreational trip is described using a nonlinear random effects probit model based on variable trip attributes and individual economic and demographic characteristics. These conditional individual probabilities are transformed into predictions of changes in total recreation demand using a simulation-based sample enumeration method. The regional impacts associated with ensuing changes in primary and secondary expenditure patterns are elucidated with a stand-alone recreation-sector module linked to a regionally adjusted zip code-level input-output model. Because the participation model allows for non-constant marginal utility, primary and secondary impacts exhibit nonlinear responses to variations in trip attributes. The modeling approach is demonstrated in an application to the saltwater sport fisheries for Pacific halibut and salmon in Lower and Central Cook Inlet, Alaska. Received: February 2001/Accepted: December 2001 |
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Keywords: | JEL classification: C25 C67 Q22 Q26 |
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