Estimating recreation demand with on-site panel data: An application of a latent class truncated and endogenously stratified count data model

In this paper, we present an extension of Shaw’s (1988) and Englin and Shonkwiler’s (1995) count data travel cost models corrected for on-site sampling to a panel data setting. We develop a panel data negative binomial count data model that corrects for endogenous stratification and truncation. We a...

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Main Authors: Hynes, S., Greene, William
Format: Working Paper
Published: Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit, National University of Ireland 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27440
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description In this paper, we present an extension of Shaw’s (1988) and Englin and Shonkwiler’s (1995) count data travel cost models corrected for on-site sampling to a panel data setting. We develop a panel data negative binomial count data model that corrects for endogenous stratification and truncation. We also incorporate a latent class structure into our panel specification which assumes that the observations are drawn from a finite number of segments, where the distributions differ in the intercept and the coefficients of the explanatory variables. Results of this model are compared to some of the more common modelling approached in the literature. The chosen models are applied to revealed and contingent travel data obtained from a survey of visitors to a beach on the outskirts of Galway city in Ireland. The paper argues that count data panel models corrected for on-site sampling may still be inadequate and potentially misleading if the population of interest is heterogeneous with respect to the impact of the chosen explanatory variables.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-274402017-01-30T12:58:55Z Estimating recreation demand with on-site panel data: An application of a latent class truncated and endogenously stratified count data model Hynes, S. Greene, William Land Economics/Use Environmental Economics and Policy Demand and Price Analysis In this paper, we present an extension of Shaw’s (1988) and Englin and Shonkwiler’s (1995) count data travel cost models corrected for on-site sampling to a panel data setting. We develop a panel data negative binomial count data model that corrects for endogenous stratification and truncation. We also incorporate a latent class structure into our panel specification which assumes that the observations are drawn from a finite number of segments, where the distributions differ in the intercept and the coefficients of the explanatory variables. Results of this model are compared to some of the more common modelling approached in the literature. The chosen models are applied to revealed and contingent travel data obtained from a survey of visitors to a beach on the outskirts of Galway city in Ireland. The paper argues that count data panel models corrected for on-site sampling may still be inadequate and potentially misleading if the population of interest is heterogeneous with respect to the impact of the chosen explanatory variables. 2011 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27440 Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit, National University of Ireland restricted
spellingShingle Land Economics/Use
Environmental Economics and Policy
Demand and Price Analysis
Hynes, S.
Greene, William
Estimating recreation demand with on-site panel data: An application of a latent class truncated and endogenously stratified count data model
title Estimating recreation demand with on-site panel data: An application of a latent class truncated and endogenously stratified count data model
title_full Estimating recreation demand with on-site panel data: An application of a latent class truncated and endogenously stratified count data model
title_fullStr Estimating recreation demand with on-site panel data: An application of a latent class truncated and endogenously stratified count data model
title_full_unstemmed Estimating recreation demand with on-site panel data: An application of a latent class truncated and endogenously stratified count data model
title_short Estimating recreation demand with on-site panel data: An application of a latent class truncated and endogenously stratified count data model
title_sort estimating recreation demand with on-site panel data: an application of a latent class truncated and endogenously stratified count data model
topic Land Economics/Use
Environmental Economics and Policy
Demand and Price Analysis
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27440