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Applying the Kuhn--Tucker model to estimate the value of recreational ecosystem services in Sicily

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  • Lea Nicita
  • Giovanni Signorello
  • Maria De Salvo

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This paper applies the Kuhn--Tucker model to estimate recreation demand of parks in Sicily. We estimate a fixed coefficient specification and a random coefficient specification to take into account heterogeneity across visitors. Estimates suggest a diversity of preferences across the population and that parks with higher level of quality attributes are more likely to be visited. We also simulate two sets of hypothetical policy scenarios to evaluate and compare the recreational value of each park and the welfare impacts of changes in a quality attribute.

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  • Lea Nicita & Giovanni Signorello & Maria De Salvo, 2016. "Applying the Kuhn--Tucker model to estimate the value of recreational ecosystem services in Sicily," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(7), pages 1225-1237, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:59:y:2016:i:7:p:1225-1237
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2015.1064365
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    1. Herriges, Joseph A. & Kling, Catherine L., 1999. "Valuing Recreation and the Environment: Revealed Preference Methods in Theory and Practice, New Horizons in Environmental Economics," Staff General Research Papers Archive 12330, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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