Averting Behavior in the Presence of Public Spillovers: Household Control of Nuisance Pests
研究了家庭控制舞毒蛾时，私人动机与公共溢出效应如何共同影响规避行为，并提出了结合实际行为与条件行为数据的测量方法。
This paper empirically implements an averting behavior model for gypsy moth control, explicitly recognizing the joint private and public spillover motivations for control. The results demonstrate that averting behavior models can capture complex behavioral influences, suggesting that such models can be extended beyond health-related applications. The model yields a reduced form parameter which cannot be identified using actual behavior data alone. A method combining models of actual behavior and contingent behavior is proposed as a way to directly measure the production and preference effects.