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Professor Riccardo Scarpa's Outputs (7)

Social values of biodiversity conservation: for the endangered loggerhead turtle and monk seal. (2009)
Journal Article
Kaval, P., Stithou, M., & Scarpa, R. (2009). Social values of biodiversity conservation: for the endangered loggerhead turtle and monk seal. International journal of ecological economics and statistics, 14(P09), 67-76

The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) are two species on the priority list for conservation in Greece, due to their dwindling populations worldwide. Hence, the issue of estimating willingness-to-p... Read More about Social values of biodiversity conservation: for the endangered loggerhead turtle and monk seal..

Deriving and testing efficient estimates of WTP distributions in destination choice models. (2009)
Journal Article
Thiene, M., & Scarpa, R. (2009). Deriving and testing efficient estimates of WTP distributions in destination choice models. Environmental and Resource Economics, 44(3), 379-395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-009-9291-7

Estimation of welfare measures is often a dominant driver in the empirical literature on nonmarket valuation. To this end, qualitative choice models based on random utility theory have been widely employed in outdoor recreation studies. A frequent go... Read More about Deriving and testing efficient estimates of WTP distributions in destination choice models..

Testing the stability of the benefit transfer function for discrete choice contingent valuation data. (2009)
Journal Article
Matthews, D., Hutchinson, W., & Scarpa, R. (2009). Testing the stability of the benefit transfer function for discrete choice contingent valuation data. Journal of Forest Economics, 15(1-2), 131-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2008.03.007

This paper examines the stability of the benefit transfer function across 42 recreational forests in the British Isles. A working definition of reliable function transfer is put forward, and a suitable statistical test is provided. A novel split samp... Read More about Testing the stability of the benefit transfer function for discrete choice contingent valuation data..