Does one size fit all? Heterogeneity in the valuation of community forestry programs
| dc.contributor.author | Gelo, Dambala | |
| dc.contributor.author | Koch, Steven F. | |
| dc.contributor.email | steve.koch@up.ac.za | en_US |
| 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 |