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Contingent Valuation of a Public Program to Control Black Flies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Stephen D. Reiling ,
Kevin J. Boyle ,
Hsiang-tai Cheng  and
Marcia L. Phillips
Stephen D. Reiling
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maine
Kevin J. Boyle
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maine
Hsiang-tai Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maine
Marcia L. Phillips
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maine
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Abstract

Contingent valuation is used to measure the benefits of a proposed public program to control black flies. Respondents’ reported values are analyzed from three perspectives: data outliers, consistency between respondents’ reported values and their perceptions of black flies, and the temporal reliability of the values expressed by respondents. The results suggest that the estimated contingent values are plausible even though a majority of respondents expressed a value of zero dollars for the black fly control program.

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Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , October 1989 , pp. 126 - 134
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Copyright © 1989 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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This research was supported by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Publication No. 1376.

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