• Title/Summary/Keyword: Willingness to Pay(WTP)

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Estimation of Domestic Water Supply Benefit Using Demand Function Approach (수요함수 접근법을 이용한 생활용수 공급편익 산정)

  • Yeo, Kyu Dong;Yi, Choong Sung;Kim, Gil Ho;Lee, Sang Won
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.32 no.4B
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    • pp.233-242
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    • 2012
  • In the past, the domestic water supply benefit of dam has been estimated by replacement dam cost approach. But it is logically inappropriate that we use the second priority dam as a replaced facility. Therefore, this study aims to suggest the estimation method of the domestic water supply benefit by using demand function, which is deduced from Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) of consumers. For this purpose, a survey concerning the marginal WTP is carried out according to the change of water use amount used, targeted 1,000 households in metropolitan area. And by using the marginal WPT, we estimated the demand function of a family. Finally, the monthly benefit equation is derived. The approach is demonstrated and discussed for an example, the Song-Li-Won dam project which is now renamed Young-Ju dam. From the example study, the total benefit for the durable years (50 years), was about 90 billion won. The method proposed herein is expected to be practical and useful in the economic analysis of the domestic water supply project including dam construction, as well as in further studies.

A Study on the Effects of Users' Use Patterns and Their Recognition of Service Benefits on the Value Assessments of University Library Services (이용자의 이용행태 및 혜택에 대한 인식이 대학도서관 서비스의 가치 평가에 미치는 영향)

  • Ko, Young-Man;Pyo, Soon-Hee;Shim, Wonsik;Hwang, Uk;Chung, Hye-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.48 no.1
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    • pp.329-343
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    • 2014
  • This research investigated the effects of university library users' use patterns and their recognition of service benefits on the magnitude of service value assessments derived from users' statements using contingent valuation method (CVM). Library users' use patterns were operationalized by the number of library visits, library website visit counts and the degree of dependence on their own libraries. User benefits variables were measured by the level of satisfaction on the benefits of library use for teaching & instruction, research & writings, and employment & external activities. University library services were divided into circulation, journal articles (domestic & foreign), reference service, user education, reading room service and WTPs for each service were measured. The results from hypotheses testing show that the number of library visits affect WTP amounts for circulation, foreign article use, reference service and user education. The degree of library dependence seems to affect WTP amounts for circulation and user education. With regards to the hypotheses related to the recognition of library service benefits, the degree of satisfaction for teaching & instruction benefits seems to affect WTP amounts for reading room use.

Contingent Valuation of Fostering Storytelling for Culture and Tourism Industry (문화 관광산업 활성화를 위한 스토리텔링 육성정책의 가치평가)

  • Lee, Min-Jae;Kim, Ju-Yeon;Kim, Chul-Min
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.438-448
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this paper is to enrich storytelling contents for culture and tourism industry and provide the implication for carrying out governmental policy by estimating economic value of storytelling using a Contingent Valuation Method. The empirical result shows that the economic value of storytelling development in culture and tourism industry is annually estimated 16,000 won per person, resulting from logit model and WTP mean method. The willingness-to-pay, degree of support and perception of the policy and culture contents expenditure have meaningful effects on probability of supporting and participating in execution of the policy. The findings imply that the economic value of storytelling development highly increases as the interest and expenditure of culture contents increase. Futhermore, informing storytelling related policy and business to the people will increase economic value of fostering storytelling-based culture and tourism.

Public Perceptions and Support of Environmental Management in the Source Area of Drinking Water for Beijing, China

  • Wang, Xiaoyan;Feng, Qing;Zhang, Yafan;Duan, Shuhuai;Novotny, Vladimir
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2010
  • Based on a survey of citizens and data analysis on the environmental status of the Miyun Reservoir watershed, China, the environmental awareness of citizens residing in the watershed and the impacting factors are discussed. The contingent valuation method was used to evaluate the willingness of villagers to pay (WTP) for abatement of the rural domestic pollution and to assess the intensity level of the villagers' desire for improving environmental conditions in the Miyun Reservoir watershed. It was found that rural watershed residents had a fundamental cognitive understanding of the pollution status and protection measures of the Miyun Reservoir. However, based on the survey, local residents had only a small interest in their participation to improve the environmental status of the reservoir, despite their general attitude to protect the reservoir being very positive. Gender and family income were closely associated with the overall attitudes of the population. Public media are the most preferable means for conveying knowledge of environmental protection to people living in the watershed. Increasing the educational level, along with income, are the best ways to enhance the desire of the villagers to improve the environmental quality and management.

An Analysis on Consumers' Preference of Agricultural Products Cultivated from Plants Factory System (식물공장 농산물에 대한 소비자 선호속성 탐색)

  • Kim, Yean-Jung;Kim, Bae-Sung
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.11
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    • pp.5052-5059
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    • 2012
  • This study was carried out to find consumers' attributes and willingness to pay(WTP) of agricultural products cultivated from plants factory system. The agricultural products were sorted into lettuce, strawberry, Ligularia fischeri(wild edible greens), and ginseng. We made the questionaires to survey consumers' purchasing attributes and preference of agricultural products. Finally, 200 valid replies were selected to analyze consumers' attributes and to estimate marginal willingness to pay. We used conjoint analysis and multinomial logit model for empirical analysis. MWTPs of commodities are estimated as follows; Lettuce is 1,016KW(100g), Strawberry is 6,014KW(2kg), Ligularia fischeri is 3,652KW(100g), and Ginseng is 5,905KW(100g). Several attributes of consumers' purchasing behavior were identified from this study. We suggested several implications to formulate more appropriate policy of plants factory system.

An Analysis of Economic Value of the Old-age Preparation Service (노후준비서비스의 경제적 가치 분석)

  • Ahn, Kyung Ae;Rhee, Hae Chun
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2018
  • Background: The purpose of this study is to emphasize the importance and necessity of the government's old-age preparation service by measuring the economic value of the old-age service and the policy direction and policy implications of the government's old-age preparation service project. Methods: Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) was used as an analytical method. CV methodology was used to calculate the Willingness to pay (WTP) for old-age preparation service and its value was estimated and the economic benefit of the project was estimated. Results: As a result of the analysis, the average monthly payment amount for the old service was calculated as 5,100 won, and the annual average payment amount was estimated to be 61,197.1 won. Conclusion: The present value of the benefit for 10 years with the discount rate of 5.5% is 484,651 won. Based on the value of peruser benefit, the total benefit value calculation result of the old-age preparation service considering the Willingness to pay for the next 10 years shows that the total benefit value of the old service, which occurs during the period from 2016 to 2025(10 years) was estimated at 415.1 billion won. As a result of calculating the benefit for each scenario, the present value of basic service is higher in all scenarios than the linked service.

Valuation of Air Quality in the Metropolitan Seoul (3중양분선택·개방형 CVM을 이용한 수도권 대기질의 편익가치)

  • Rhee, Hae-Chun;Chung, Hyun-Sik;Kim, Tae-Yung
    • Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.387-415
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    • 2004
  • This paper is intended to valuate air quality of the Seoul Metropolitan Area using triple-bound dichotomous choice (TBDC) contingent valuation method (CVM), supplemented by open-ended (OE) questionnaires. In the OE questionnaires, some respondents would state their willingness to pay (WTP) outside the limits of the WTP interval. It implies that WTP estimates based on the customary dichotomous choice (DC) questionnaires can be biased. We argue that the TBDC-CVM refined with OE questions is more efficient, because the latter helps purge the former of corrupted data that may have been collected by the TBDC interview process.

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The Conservation Value of Endangered Marine Species: The Case of the Ellobium Chinense (보호대상해양생물의 보전가치 추정: 대추귀고둥을 대상으로)

  • Lim, Seul-Ye;Lee, Chang-Su;Kim, Min-Seop;Yoo, Seung-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.645-654
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    • 2015
  • This paper attempts to quantitatively assess the conservation value of Ellobium chinense (EC), which belongs to the endangered marine species designated by Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. To this end, we apply the contingent valuation (CV) method, an economic technique of valuing a non-market goods such as EC. A national survey of randomly selected 1,000 households was administered in order to derive the public's willingness to pay (WTP) for conserving EC. One-and-one-half-bound model was adopted to elicit the WTP responses and a spike model was employed to deal with the zero WTP responses. The results show that the conservation value of EC is estimated to be 2,346 won per household per year that is statistically significant at the 1% level. Expanding the value to the national population gives us an annual value of 43.8 billion won. We can judge that the Korean people are willing to pay a significant amount to conserve EC.

The Economic Value for the Post-use of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Facilities: Case of Alpine Stadium in Jeongseon (2018평창동계올림픽 시설 사후활용에 대한 경제적 가치: 정선군 알파인 경기장을 사례로)

  • Song, Woon-Gang;Lee, Hae-Jin;Yang, Hee-Won
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.235-244
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    • 2020
  • Purpose - This study estimated the value of the post-use of Alpine stadium in Jeongseon as a tourist attraction, which is one of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics facilities, and identified determinant factors on the willingness to pay (WTP). Design/methodology/approach - A dichotomous-choice model of contingent valuation method (CVM) that is known for an effective tool was used to calculate the value. The questionnaire was conducted on 650 visitors to major tourist destinations in Jeongseon and 629 copies of the valid samples were analyzed. Findings - The results shows that determinate factors on the WTP are; suggestion cost, need (application of Ecotourism Program to the Restoration Process), agree(agree to Ecotourism Program in the Restoration Process) and age. Also, the WTP on the facility is 16,296 won per person. Research implications or Originality - This study estimates the value of the post-utilization of Alpine Stadium of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics facilities, which have been experiencing conflict in recent years. For this reason, the findings of the paper will provide meaningful information for tourism development and management policies of the region.