Does one size fit all? Heterogeneity in the valuation of community forestry programs

Gelo, Dambala; Koch, Steven F.

dc.contributor.author	Gelo, Dambala
dc.contributor.author	Koch, Steven F.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-12-12T11:56:24Z
dc.date.available	2012-12-12T11:56:24Z
dc.date.issued	2012-02
dc.description.abstract	Through the implementation of a choice experiment valuation exercise, this study set out to identify the set of community plantation attributes that impact the welfare of potential community forestry program participants. We employed a combination of choice models to evaluate the preferences, welfare impacts and choice elasticities associated with alternative community forestry programs, allowing for different assumptions regarding heterogeneity. In line with economic theory, increased participation costs reduced the demand for community forestry, while increases in expected productivity raised the demand. With respect to preferences for the other alternatives considered: type of forest, area enclosure and type of land upon which the forest was to be situated, the programs should be tailored to the communities in which the program is to be implemented.	en_US
dc.description.uri	http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolecon	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Dambala Gelo & Steven F. Koch, Does one size fit all? Heterogeneity in the valuation of community forestry programs, Ecological Economics, vol. 74, pp. 85-94 (2012), doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.11.010	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0921-8009 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1873-6106 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.11.010
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20800
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en_US
dc.rights	© 2011 Elsevier. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Ecological Economics. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Ecological Economics, vol 74, Oktober 2012, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.11.010.	en_US
dc.subject	Community forestry	en_US
dc.subject	Choice experiment	en_US
dc.subject	Conditional logit	en_US
dc.subject	Random parameters logit and latent class model	en_US
dc.title	Does one size fit all? Heterogeneity in the valuation of community forestry programs	en_US
dc.type	Postprint Article	en_US