Preferences for Public Lands Management under Competing Uses: The Case of Yellowstone National Park
研究了黄石国家公园雪地摩托使用冲突，通过选择实验量化不同管理政策对雪地摩托骑手和非骑手福利的影响，发现骑手损失可能被非骑手收益抵消，但净收益取决于人数和政策细节。
We examine snowmobile use conflict in Yellowstone National Park to assess the effect of different winter management policies on heterogeneous visitors’ welfare. Using a stated preference choice experiment we quantify welfare changes for snowmobile riders and non-riders under different snowmobile restrictions. A key determinant of welfare change is visitors’ willingness to trade-off reduced snowmobile access for improved ambient conditions in the park. Our findings support the notion that welfare losses to snowmobile riders could be offset by welfare gains to non-riders, but net benefits will depend on the number of riders and non-riders and the specifics of the policy. <i></i>