Water Quality
This section encompasses issues of water quality and its economic effects. Studies look at dissolved oxygen, clarity, pollution, aquatic invasive species, water levels, and general information on water quality and costs.
All articles and abstracts are in pdf format
General Water Quality
Intermediate Material
The Structure of Motivation for Contingent Values: A Case Study of Lake Water Quality Improvement
by Philip Cooper, Gregory L. Poe, and Ian J. Bateman
Land Use Regulation in the Lake George Basin:
An Ecological Economic Perspective
by Peg R. Olsen and John M. Gowdy
Exploring the Hedonic Value of Ambient Water Quality:
A Local Watershed-based Study
by P. Joan Poor, Keri L. Pessagno, Robert W. Paul
The Effect of Water Quality on Rural Nonfarm Residential Property Values
by Donald J. Epp and K. S. Al-Ani
Lakeshore Property Values and Water Quality: Evidence From Property Sales in the Mississippi Headwaters Region
by Charles Krysel et. al.
The Bioeconomics of Resource Rehabilitation:
A Commercial-Sport Analysis for a Great Lakes Fishery
by Scott R. Milliman et. al.
Economics of Shoreland Protection
Advanced Material
A Comparison of Direct and Indirect Methods for Estimating Indirect Methods of Estimating Environmental Benefits
by Michael Hanemann
Web Resources
The Iowa Lakes Valuation Project
Dissolved Oxygen
Evaluating Benefits and Costs of Changes in Water Quality
by Jessica Koteen, Susan J. Alexander, and John B. Loomis
Evidence of the Effects of Water Quality on Residential Land Prices
by Christopher G. Leggett and Nancy E. Bockstael
Randomly Drawn Opportunity Sets in a Random Utility Model of Lake Recreation
by George R. Parsons and Mary Jo Kealy
Clarity
Introductory Material
The Economic Impact of Potential Decline in New Hampshire Water Quality: The Link Between Visitor Perceptions, Usage and Spending
by Anne Nordstrom Ph.D.
Intermediate Material
Water Quality Affects Property Prices:
A Case Study of Selected Maine Lakes
by Holly J. Michael, Kevin J. Boyle, and Ropy Bouchard
Measuring the Economic Value of Water Quality
by Donald N. Steinnes
Recreational and Aesthetic Value of Water Using Hedonic Price Analysis
by Notie H. Lansford Jr. and Lonnie L. Jones
Advanced Material
Estimating the Demand for Protecting Freshwater Lakes from Eutrophication
by Kevin J. Boyle, P. Joan Poor, and Laura O. Taylor
Valuation of Lake Resources Through Hedonic Pricing
by Kevin J. Boyle, P. Joan Poor, and Laura O. Taylor
On the Scarcity Value of Ecosystem Services
by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, James R. Kahn, and Robert V. O’Neill
Web Resources
Lake Water Quality Affects Property Values
North Temperate Lakes' Study Ties Lakefront Property Values to Water Clarity
The Economics of Lakes - Dollars and $ense
Lakeshore Property Values and Water Quality: Evidence From Property Sales in the Mississippi Headwaters Region
Pollution
Intermediate Material
The Effect of Distance on Willingness to Pay Values:
A Case Study of Wetlands and Salmon in California
by Jennifer Pate and John Loomis
Transboundary Spillovers and Decentralization of Environmental Policies
by Hilary Sigman
The Welfare Effects of Toxic Contamination in Freshwater Fish
by Mark Montgomery and Michael Needelman
The Pricing of Lake Lots
by Peter F. Colwell and Carolyn A. Dehring
Okoboji Experiment: Comparing Non-market Valuation Techniques in an Unusually Well-defined Market for Water Quality
by Ralph C. d'Arge and Jason F. Shogren
Advanced Material
A utility-consistent, combined discrete choice and count data model assessing recreational use losses due to natural resource damage
by Jerry A. Hausman, Gregory K. Leonard, & Daniel McFadden
- Abstract
- A utility-consistent, combined discrete choice and count data model assessing recreational use losses due to natural resource damage
Procedures in Estimating Benefits of Water Quality Change
by Daniel J. Phaneuf
Markets for Water Rights under Environmental Constraints
by Marian L. Weber
Estimating Recreational Trout Fishing Damages in Montana's Clark Fork River Basin: Summary of a Natural Resource Damage Assessment
by Edward R. Morey et. al.
Measuring the Economic Benefits of Water Quality Improvement with Benefit Transfer: An Introduction for Noneconomists
by Christopher Dumas, Peter Schuhmann, and John Whitehead
Intermediate Material
Environmental and Economic Costs Associated with Non-Indigenous Species in the United States
by David Pimentel, Lori Lach, Rodolfo Zuniga, and Doug Morrison
Advanced Material
The Importance of Bioeconomic Feedback in Invasive Species Management
by David Finnoff, Jason F. Shogren, Brian Leung, and David Lodge
A Revealed Preference Approach to the Measurement of Congestion in Travel Cost Models
by Christopher Timminsa & Jennifer Murdock
Web Resources
The Invasion of Zebra Mussels in North America
by Katarzryna Dybowska
Invasive Species May Increase with Global Warming
Input–output modeling, outdoor recreation, and the economic impacts of weeds
by Mark E. Eiswerth et. al.
Economic Impacts of Aquatic Invasive Species
Protect Your Waters
Preliminary Draft: The Effects of Aquatic Invasive Species on Property Values
by Eric J. Horsch and David J. Lewis
The Economics of Lakes - Dollars and $ense
Lakeshore Property Values and Water Quality: Evidence From Property Sales in the Mississippi Headwaters Region
Water Levels
Introductory Material
Public Opinion Poll Results in the Study of Select Economic Values of NH Lakes, Rivers, Streams and Ponds: Phase 3
by Dr. Lisa Shapiro and Heidi Kroll
Intermediate Material
Can Recreation Values for a Lake Consititute a Market for Banked Agricultural Water?
by Elizabeth Fadali and W. Douglass Shaw
The Economic Value of Trinity River Water
by Aaron J. Douglas and Jonathan G. Taylor
Advanced Material
Using Actual and Contingent Behavior Data with Differing Levels of Time Aggregation to Model Recreation Demand
by Trudy A. Cameron et.al.
Web Resources
Lake Water Quality Affects Property Values
North Temperate Lakes' Study Ties Lakefront Property Values to Water Clarity