Testing transferability of willingness to pay for forest fire prevention among three states of California, Florida and Montana

John B. Loomis; Hung Trong Le; Armando Gonzalez-Caban

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Testing transferability of willingness to pay for forest fire prevention among three states of California, Florida and Montana

Informally Refereed

Authors:

John B. Loomis, Hung Trong Le, Armando Gonzalez-Caban

Year:

2005

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Journal of Forest Economics, Vol. 11: 125-140

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Abstract

The equivalency of willingness to pay between the states of California, Florida and Montana is tested. Residents in California, Florida and Montana have an average willingness to pay of $417, $305, and $382 for prescribed burning program, and $403, $230, and $208 for mechanical fire fuel reduction program, respectively. Due to wide confidence intervals, household WTP in the three states are not statistically different. Over all tests, there is mixed evidence on transferability, but California and Montana WTP are similar to each other for prescribed burning and Florida and Montana have similar values for the mechanical fuel reduction.

Keywords

benefits transfer, contingent valuation, mechanical fuel reduction, prescribed burning

Citation

Loomis, John B.; Le, Hung Trong; Gonzalez-Caban, Armando. 2005. Testing transferability of willingness to pay for forest fire prevention among three states of California, Florida and Montana. Journal of Forest Economics, Vol. 11: 125-140