Consequences of omitting non-lethal wildlife impacts from stated preference scenarios

IF 5.5 3区 经济学 Q1 BUSINESS Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-05-21 DOI:10.1016/j.jeem.2024.103011
Robert J. Johnston , Tobias Börger , Nick Hanley , Keila Meginnis , Tom Ndebele , Ghamz E. Ali Siyal , Nicola Beaumont , Frans P. de Vries
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Stated preference (SP) research on willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements to wildlife populations focuses almost universally on measures related to whether organisms live or die. Preferences for changes in non-lethal harm to wildlife are generally overlooked. To evaluate the consequences, this article develops a theoretical model and corresponding discrete choice experiment (DCE) to evaluate whether and how the omission of information on non-lethal wildlife harm influences WTP estimation, grounded in a case study of marine plastic reductions in the North Atlantic. The theoretical model suggests that when environmental programs have both lethal and non-lethal impacts on wild species, DCEs that omit information on the latter may not produce valid welfare measures. Empirical results show that the omission of this information has multiple impacts on welfare estimates, largely consistent with theoretical predictions. Results suggest that welfare estimates for wildlife improvements can be confounded by the omission of information on non-lethal harm from SP scenarios. Results also demonstrate the hazards of excluding potentially welfare-relevant information from SP scenarios when respondents might assume relationships between omitted information and other material included in the questionnaire.

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在既定偏好情景中忽略非致命性野生动物影响的后果
关于改善野生动物种群的支付意愿(WTP)的陈述偏好(SP)研究几乎普遍关注与生物生存或死亡相关的措施。对野生动物非致命伤害变化的偏好通常被忽视。为了评估其后果,本文建立了一个理论模型和相应的离散选择实验(DCE),以北大西洋海洋塑料减量案例研究为基础,评估忽略野生动物非致命伤害信息是否以及如何影响 WTP 估算。理论模型表明,当环境项目对野生物种既有致命影响又有非致命影响时,省略非致命影响信息的无选择排放试验可能不会产生有效的福利测量结果。实证结果表明,忽略这一信息会对福利估算产生多重影响,这与理论预测基本一致。结果表明,由于在 SP 情景中忽略了非致命伤害的信息,对野生动物改良的福利估算可能会被混淆。结果还表明,当受访者可能认为所遗漏的信息与问卷中的其他材料之间存在关系时,将可能与福利相关的信息排除在SP情景之外会造成危害。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management publishes theoretical and empirical papers devoted to specific natural resources and environmental issues. For consideration, papers should (1) contain a substantial element embodying the linkage between economic systems and environmental and natural resources systems or (2) be of substantial importance in understanding the management and/or social control of the economy in its relations with the natural environment. Although the general orientation of the journal is toward economics, interdisciplinary papers by researchers in other fields of interest to resource and environmental economists will be welcomed.
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