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Item A recreation demand model for warmwater fishing in Delaware with welfare effects for improvements in catch rates, species diversity, and water clarity(Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2024-03-18) Dalvand, Kaveh; Parsons, GeorgeWe estimate a recreation demand model for warmwater fishing in Delaware and then use it to measure welfare gains associated with improved fishing quality as measured by catch rate of fish, diversity of species, and clarity of water. We use a “linked” site choice – trip frequency model with data gathered by the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife. Our site choice model includes 118 rivers and lakes in the state with detailed characteristics of each. We develop hypothetical scenarios of fishing quality improvement involving combinations of fish catch, fish diversity, and water clarity and apply it to individual water bodies, water basins, selected water body groupings, and statewide. Values are reported in seasonal per angler and aggregate terms.Item Demand for an Environmental Public Good in the Time of COVID-19: A Statewide Water Quality Referendum(Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2022-02-10) Parsons, George; Paul, Laura A.; Messer, Kent D.Due to COVID-19, many households faced hardships in the spring of 2020 – unemployment, an uncertain economic future, forced separation, and more. At the same time, the number of people who participated in outdoor recreation in many areas increased, as it was one of the few activities still permitted. How these experiences affect the public’s willingness to pay (WTP) for environmental public goods is unknown. During the early months of the pandemic, we conducted a stated preference survey to value statewide water quality improvements in Delaware. While a majority of participants report experiencing hardship of some sort (economic, emotional, etc.), mean household WTP declined by only 7 % by May 2020.Item Mid-Atlantic Beach Recreation Survey(Center for Applied Demography & Survey Research, 1997) Parsons, GeorgeItem Valuing Continuously Varying Visual Disamenities: Offshore Energy Production and Delaware Beach Visitation(Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE., 2014-01) Fooks, Jacob; Messer, Kent D.; Duke, Joshua M.; Johnson, Janet; Parsons, GeorgeThis research proposes a new approach to measuring and estimating Willingness to Pay (WTP) for a variety of non-market amenities. The continuous variation of attributes present in many non-market goods is utilized to collect higher resolution information on consumers' choices concerning their use decisions than is available through standard dichotomous choice questions. It does this without directly asking research participants to form explicit valuations - an unfamiliar and cognitively challenging task for most consumers. This generates data that can be estimated with a duration, or survival model consistent with Random Utility Theory, from which an expression for WTP as a function of the continuous attribute can be recovered. We apply this approach to estimate Delaware beach visitors' visual disamenity from the presence of offshore energy generation installations.