Go climb a mountain: an application of recreation demand modelling to rock climbing in Scotland
运用随机效用模型分析苏格兰攀岩者的场地选择行为，基于267份调查数据比较了多项Logit与随机参数模型，并评估了场地属性变化对福利的影响，对土地管理政策有参考价值。
In this paper, we apply random utility modelling techniques to rock‐climbing in Scotland. Attributes relevant to choices over rock‐climbing sites were identified from focus groups with climbers, along with a categorisation of principal climbing areas. A survey of climbers yielded 267 responses, which were then used as the basis for modelling. We compare a standard multi‐nominal logit model with a random parameters approach, and look at seasonal differences in behaviour, and at the implications of different treatments of travel time. The random utility models showed that most of the attributes selected were significant determinants of choice. Welfare estimates of changes in site attributes are presented, which are relevant to policy choices currently facing land managers.