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Papers by Jeffrey Englin

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2015

The treatment of the opportunity cost of travel time in travel cost models has been an area of re... more The treatment of the opportunity cost of travel time in travel cost models has been an area of research interest for many decades. Our analysis develops a methodology to combine the travel distance and travel time data with respondent-specific estimates of the value of travel time savings (VTTS). The individual VTTS are elicited with the use of discrete choice stated preference methods. The travel time valuation procedure is integrated into the travel cost valuation exercise to create a two-equation structural model of site valuation. Since the travel time equation of the structural model incorporates individual preference heterogeneity, the full structure model provides a travel cost site demand model based upon individualized values of time. The methodology is illustrated in a study of recreational birdwatching, more specifically, visits to a 'stork village' in Poland. We show that the usual practice of basing respondents' VTTS on 1/3 of their wage rate is largely unfounded and propose alternatives-including a separate component of the travel cost survey aimed at valuation of respondents' VTTS or, as a second best, asking if they wish if their journey was shorter and for those who do-use full hourly wage as an indicator of their VTTS. Keywords Opportunity cost of travel time • Individual-specific values of travel time savings • Travel cost method • Discrete choice experiment • Integration of valuation methods • Recreational birdwatching JEL Classification Q26 • Q51 • Q57

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, May 28, 2003

The economic value of four forest ecosystems, fire-damaged forests, cut blocks, and several park ... more The economic value of four forest ecosystems, fire-damaged forests, cut blocks, and several park management features was estimated for backcountry recreationists, primarily canoeists, in Nopiming Provincial Park in eastern Manitoba. The analysis was conducted using the travel cost random utility model. It revealed that the forest ecosystems associated with jack pine (Pinusbanksiana Lamb.) and white spruce (Piceaglauca (Moench) Voss) were valued by recreationists. On the other hand, the analysis predicted that recreationists would pay to avoid black spruce (Piceamariana (Mill.) BSP) and aspen (Populustremuloides Michx.) ecosystems, fire-damaged forests, portages, and cottages. The results provide weak statistical evidence that cut blocks that are not in the line of site of recreationists provide positive benefits. While park management variables play a role in determining recreation values, the ages and types of forests located at recreation sites are more important. These findings support a major role for fire in determining recreation economic benefit flows from forests in the Canadian Shield.

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Nov 1, 1991

One benefit of managing forests is that one can alter the qualities of sites. The value of changi... more One benefit of managing forests is that one can alter the qualities of sites. The value of changing site qualities, however, is generally not known. This paper develops a formal hedonic travel cost model which can be used to estimate the value of both marginal and non-marginal changes to sites. The approach accommodates multiple simultaneous changes in site characteristics. Estimating this model using a set of permits from wilderness areas leads to revealed preference estimates of the recreational value of clear-cuts, old-growth, and nine other wilderness attributes. o 1991 Academic PI~SS, hc. 'The authors are, respectively, a senior research economist at Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories and a professor at Yale University. This project was funded by the U.S. Forest Service under RFP-64-83 and the Sloan Regulation of Natural Resources grant to the University of Washington. We thank Gardner M. Brown, Jr., Myrick Freeman, and two anonymous referees for their helpful comments. The views expressed are the authors' alone. *For a review of studies which have valued site quality, see Bockstael et al. [1] and Mendelsohn [12].

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2019

We develop a framework to incorporate exchange rates into a differential demand system and apply ... more We develop a framework to incorporate exchange rates into a differential demand system and apply it to U.S. demand for fresh tomatoes by country of origin. We find evidence of incomplete exchange-rate pass-through involving Mexico. Results indicate that accusations of dumping by American agricultural groups in 1995-1996 coincide with the appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the peso in 1994-1995. Traditional modeling approaches that do not account for exchangerate effects would not capture the distinction between dumping and changes in relative prices, leading to the conclusion that too many tomatoes were being imported from Mexico.

Journal of the Community Development Society, Sep 1, 1996

Tourism development and promotion has gained visibility recently as a tool for rural economic dev... more Tourism development and promotion has gained visibility recently as a tool for rural economic development and diversification. Earlier studies have investigated the potential economic impacts of a tourism facility, such as a national park, on a local economy. Previous research has not addressed the county-wide economic impacts of enhanced park facilities, such as hiking trails, or the aging of the

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Dec 1, 2001

Surveys of visitors to National Forests in Colorado were conducted to determine whether different... more Surveys of visitors to National Forests in Colorado were conducted to determine whether different fire ages and presence of crown fires have different effects on hiking and mountain biking recreation visits and benefits. Actual and intended behavior data were combined using a count-data travel cost model. The intended behavior trip questions asked about changes in number of trips due to the presence of a highintensity crown fire, prescribed fire, and a 20-year-old high-intensity fire at the area respondents were visiting. Using the estimated recreation demand function, years since a non-crown fire had a statistically significant positive effect on the trip demand of hikers. In contrast, presence of crown fires had no statistically significant effect on the quantity of hiker trips, but had a significant and negative effect on mountain biking trips. Crown fires also had a large effect on the value per trip, with crown fires increasing the value per hiking trip but lowering the value per mountain biking trip.

DiSTRIBuTION OF ]'HIS DocUMENT iS UNL.I_V_'!_; f Although electricity is perceived more positivel... more DiSTRIBuTION OF ]'HIS DocUMENT iS UNL.I_V_'!_; f Although electricity is perceived more positively than alternate fuels in most attitude categories and is the most commonheating fuel, homeowners regionally prefer natural gas, by a small margin, over electricity; individuals with natural gas heating have a strong allegiance to natural gas. Economics, particularly relative utility rates, appear to play the dominant role in the buyers' fuel choice. Our hedonic price analyses show that buyers place a substantial economic value on the energy-efficiency associated with MCS. In two Tacoma neighborhoods, we estimate that buyers pay about 3to3 to 3to5 per square foot more for MCS homes. Our results are similar in Vancouver, Washington. These results suggest that builders do not pass MCSprogram incentives along to buyers. Our estimates show that, in terms of space heating fuel, gas heating commands a substantial premium over electric heating in Tacoma and Vancouver. The results are mixed in the two other Washington metropolitan areas. A demand curve for different heating fuels has been estimated for the Washington metropolitan areas and a demand curve has been estimated for MCS based on Tacoma data. These curves provide useful insights into how buyers respond to changes in the housing market. Conjoint analysis results provide information that can be used to estimate market shares for electrically heated, MCShomes. Our results suggest that a majority of new-home buyers in all four areas studied would choose a gas-heated home over an electrically heated home if both were built to conventional energy-efficiency levels. Even without providing an incentive to buyers to defray added higher first costs, however, increasing the efficiency of new electrically heated homes, while not changing the efficiency of gas-heated homes, would increase the market shares of electrically heated homes. Incentives would further increase the market shares, but only a relatively small amount in many cases. A discrete choice framework for modeling the fuel and energy-efficiency decision would be a useful extension of the analysis conducted to date. This approach would rely on attitudinal, demographic, and fuel price data and hedonic price estimates. Fuel switching in existing homes is another area that merits further study. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors would like to thank the following people at Bonneville for their continued support throughout this project" Peggy Crossman, Wayne Sugai, and Robert Broillet who all provided design and management support over the course of 'this study. Kenneth Keating, David Mills, and Bruce Cody provided helpful comments and suggestions on the approach and analysis conducted. • Professor Gerald Albaum, University of Oregon, provided peer review of the conjoint analysis and useful suggestions on applying the methodology. .... Kenneth Train, University of California at Berkeley, provided peer review and constructive comments on the hedonic price, discrete choice, and demand analyses.

Choices. The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resources Issues, 1998

No Plane, Big Gain: Airport Noise and Residential Property Values in the Reno-Sparks Area The hed... more No Plane, Big Gain: Airport Noise and Residential Property Values in the Reno-Sparks Area The hedonic price method is used to explore the relationship between residential property values and airport noise in the Reno-Sparks area. Empirical results suggest there is a statistically significant negative relationship between airport noise and residential property values, but that the disamenity value diminishes as distance from the airport increases.

Journal of Environmental Management, Sep 1, 1990

This paper examines the effect of backcountry hiking on the optimal rotation periods of several s... more This paper examines the effect of backcountry hiking on the optimal rotation periods of several species of trees, The paper begins by showing how theoretical models of timber rotation in the presence of externalities can be used to describe this situation. Following this, empirical rules for harvesting timber based on common forest data are computed for five species of trees. The paper proceeds by simulating the optimal social forest management regime when both timber and amenity values can substantially alter the rotation period of timber.

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, May 1, 1997

In this analysis we develop a two equation structural model of a count travel cost model of recre... more In this analysis we develop a two equation structural model of a count travel cost model of recreational angling demand and angling success. By modeling the two equations jointly we avoid the difficulties associated with the usual approach which estimates the demand for recreational fishing sites assuming the existence of an exogenous measure of fishing quality. Our analysis explicitly develops the joint log likelihood function that combines the two processes. We estimate our model using full information maximum likelihood methods.

Resource and Energy Economics, Nov 1, 2009

This study develops a utility theoretic demand model for an arbitrary number of goods that handle... more This study develops a utility theoretic demand model for an arbitrary number of goods that handles correlation between goods and over time. The bivariate compound Poisson estimator is applied to a semi-logarithmic incomplete demand system to estimate the demand for wilderness recreation and the associated welfare measures both prior to and post a 40,000 acre wilderness fire in Washington. Forest fires can simultaneously affect the environmental qualities of many recreational sites; this highlights the need for a utility theoretic demand system approach for modeling consumer behavior that handles the dynamic behavioral and statistical interdependencies over goods and time. Results suggest an increase in consumer welfare per trip post fire, after an initial period of low values, relative to before the fire.

Environmental and Resource Economics, Jun 24, 2019

Journal of Environmental Management, Nov 1, 2009

In large areas of the arid western United States, much of which are federally managed, fire frequ... more In large areas of the arid western United States, much of which are federally managed, fire frequencies and associated management costs are escalating as flammable, invasive cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) increases its stronghold. Cheatgrass invasion and the subsequent increase in fire frequency result in the loss of native vegetation, less predictable forage availability for livestock and wildlife, and increased costs and risk associated with firefighting. Revegetation following fire on land that is partially invaded by cheatgrass can reduce both the dominance of cheatgrass and its associated high fire rate. Thus restoration can be viewed as an investment in fire-prevention and, if native seed is used, an investment in maintaining native vegetation on the landscape. Here we develop and employ a Markov model of vegetation dynamics for the sagebrush steppe ecosystem to predict vegetation change and management costs under different intensities and types of post-fire revegetation. We use the results to estimate the minimum total cost curves for maintaining native vegetation on the landscape and for preventing cheatgrass dominance. Our results show that across a variety of model parameter possibilities, increased investment in post-fire revegetation reduces long-term fire management costs by more than enough to offset the costs of revegetation. These results support that a policy of intensive post-fire revegetation will reduce long-term management costs for this ecosystem, in addition to providing environmental benefits. This information may help justify costs associated with revegetation and raise the priority of restoration in federal land budgets.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Apr 1, 1996

University Microfilms eBooks, 1987

Natural Resource Modeling, Jun 1, 1993

A policy question of current interest is how to cope with climate change. One suggestion is to us... more A policy question of current interest is how to cope with climate change. One suggestion is to use forests to offset carbon emissions, and therefore, reduce the threat of global warming. This study develops a rigorous model of the relationship between optimal forest harvesting regimes and carbon sequestration. The theoretical analysis integrates the carbon sequestration life cycle into the Faustmann framework and develops optimal cutting rules when carbon sequestration benefits are considered. The carbon life cycle includes both the sequestration of carbon and its ultimate re-release into the atmosphere. A case study of Douglas fir applies the theoretical framework.