Choice Modelling and the Transfer of Environmental Values

Edited by John Rolfe, Associate Professor in Regional Economic Development, Faculty of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, Australia and Jeff Bennett, Professor of Environmental Management, Crawford School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

• Contents:1. Choice Modelling and the Transfer of Environmental ValuesJeff Bennett2. A Simple Guide to Choice Modelling and Benefit TransferJohn Rolfe3. Theoretical Issues in Using Choice Modelling Data for Benefit TransferJohn Rolfe4. Stated Preference Benefit Transfer Approaches for Estimating Passive Use Value of Wild SalmonJohn Loomis5. Valuing New South Wales Rivers for Use in Benefit TransferMark Morrison and Jeff Bennett6. Testing for Benefit Transfer Over Water Quality BenefitsNick Hanley, Robert E. Wright and Begona Alvarez-Farizo7. Testing Benefit Transfer with Water Resources in Central Queensland, AustraliaJohn Rolfe, Adam Loch and Jeff Bennett8. Transferring Mitigation Values for Small StreamsGeoffrey N. Kerr and Basil M.H. Sharp9. Transferring the Environmental Values of WetlandsStuart M. Whitten and Jeff Bennett10. Generalising Environmental Values: The Case of the National Land and Water Resources Audit in AustraliaMartin van Bueren and Jeff Bennett11. Valuing Aboriginal Cultural Heritage across Different Population Groups John Rolfe and Jill Windle12. The Significance of Policy Instruments in Benefit TransferPaula Horne and Jeff BennettIndex

'The book is an excellent collection of case studies spanning a wide range of environmental resources, institutional frames and political contexts. It also presents an impressive amount of methodological issues on how to perform benefit transfer and how to test for its accuracy. . . the book is an important addition to the literature.'