TY - JOUR
T1 - Invasive species and delaying the inevitable
T2 - Valuation evidence from a national survey
AU - McIntosh, Christopher R.
AU - Shogren, Jason F.
AU - Finnoff, David C.
PY - 2010/1/15
Y1 - 2010/1/15
N2 - A survey was designed to elicit donations for delaying inevitable aquatic invasions of inland water bodies within a respondent's region. Surveys were distributed throughout the United States. Assuming all aquatic species groups invade simultaneously, our results suggest that the average person was willing to make a one-time payment of $48 to delay low to high impacts one year (aggregates to nearly $4 billion for all U.S. households). By comparison, the federal government currently (2006) invests $394 million annually for all invasive species (aquatic and terrestrial) prevention and early detection/rapid response.
AB - A survey was designed to elicit donations for delaying inevitable aquatic invasions of inland water bodies within a respondent's region. Surveys were distributed throughout the United States. Assuming all aquatic species groups invade simultaneously, our results suggest that the average person was willing to make a one-time payment of $48 to delay low to high impacts one year (aggregates to nearly $4 billion for all U.S. households). By comparison, the federal government currently (2006) invests $394 million annually for all invasive species (aquatic and terrestrial) prevention and early detection/rapid response.
KW - Contingent valuation
KW - Delaying the inevitable
KW - Invasive species
KW - Protection
KW - Survey
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.09.014
DO - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.09.014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:72049107161
VL - 69
SP - 632
EP - 640
JO - Ecological Economics
JF - Ecological Economics
SN - 0921-8009
IS - 3
ER -
