Rural Amenity Values and Length of Residency
通过选择实验调查罗德岛乡村居民，发现居民对乡村发展或保护的支付意愿随居住时长变化，为理解新旧居民偏好差异提供量化证据。
New residents of rural communities are often assumed to have preferences for development and conservation that differ from those of longer‐term residents. However, the literature offers little to quantify presumed preference heterogeneity. This article assesses whether stated preferences differ according to length of residency. Results are based on a conjoint (choice experiment) survey of Rhode Island rural residents. Heterogeneity—according to length of town residency—is modeled using dummy variables, multiplicative interactions, and Lagrangian interpolation polynomials. Results are compared across the three models, and identify a range of attributes for which willingness to pay depends on length of residency.