Abstract
A controversial recreation activity is off-highway vehicle use. Off-highway vehicle use is controversial because it is incompatible with most other activities and is extremely hard on natural eco-systems. This study estimates utility theoretic incomplete demand systems for four off-highway vehicle sites. Since two sets of restrictions are equally consistent with utility theory both are imposed and the best fitting restrictions are identified using Voung’s non-nested testing scheme. The demand system is modeled using both Poisson and negative binomial II distributions. Data are provided by a survey conducted at four recreational off-highway vehicle (OHV) sites in western North Carolina.
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Research supported in part by the US Forest Service and the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, Publication # 51042924. The authors appreciate the comments and suggestion of two anonymous referees.
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Englin, J., Holmes, T. & Niell, R. Alternative Models of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Site Demand. Environ Resource Econ 35, 327–338 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-006-9017-z
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Keywords
- incomplete demand system
- integrability
- off-road vehicle
- travel cost
JEL classification
- Q26
- C35
- C51