Professor Riccardo Scarpa's Outputs (6)

Congestion management in protected areas: accounting for respondents’ inattention and preference heterogeneity in stated choice data (2018)
Journal Article
Thiene, M., Franceschinis, C., & Scarpa, R. (2019). Congestion management in protected areas: accounting for respondents’ inattention and preference heterogeneity in stated choice data. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 46(5), 834-861. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jby041

Congestion levels in protected areas can be predicted by destination choice models estimated from choice data. There is growing evidence of subjects’ inattention to attributes in choice experiments. We estimate an attribute non-attendance latent clas... Read More about Congestion management in protected areas: accounting for respondents’ inattention and preference heterogeneity in stated choice data.

Ecosystem services' values and improved revenue collection for regional protected areas (2018)
Journal Article
Masiero, M. F., C. Mattea, S. T., M., D. P., & D. Scarpa, R. (2018). Ecosystem services' values and improved revenue collection for regional protected areas. Ecosystem Services, 34(A), 136-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.10.012

The management of conservation areas is a costly enterprise, especially vulnerable to budget cutting when austerity measures are being considered. Optimal spatial taxation dictates that tax-payers contribute proportionally to the benefits they receiv... Read More about Ecosystem services' values and improved revenue collection for regional protected areas.

Types of front of pack food labels: Do obese consumers care? Evidence from Northern Ireland (2018)
Journal Article
Thiene, M., Scarpa, R., Longo, A., & Hutchinson, W. (2018). Types of front of pack food labels: Do obese consumers care? Evidence from Northern Ireland. Food Policy, 80, 84-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.09.004

The introduction of an effective Front of Pack food labelling (FoPL) system is at the forefront of the food policy debate. Nutritional information is seen as an effective tool to help fight obesity and its associated co-morbidities, such as cancer an... Read More about Types of front of pack food labels: Do obese consumers care? Evidence from Northern Ireland.

Hungry Birds and Angry Farmers: Using Choice Experiments to Assess “Eco-compensation” for Coastal Wetlands Protection in China (2018)
Journal Article
Bennett, M., Gong, Y., & Scarpa, R. (2018). Hungry Birds and Angry Farmers: Using Choice Experiments to Assess “Eco-compensation” for Coastal Wetlands Protection in China. Ecological Economics, 154, 71-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.07.016

The JYNNR – a Ramsar Site, Biosphere Reserve and important wintering ground for 15–18% of the world's Red Crowned Cranes – faces major pressure from regional development. This paper uses choice experiments to assess farmer preferences for an “eco-com... Read More about Hungry Birds and Angry Farmers: Using Choice Experiments to Assess “Eco-compensation” for Coastal Wetlands Protection in China.

Behavioural patterns in Mediterranean-style drinking: Generation Y preferences in alcoholic beverage consumption (2018)
Journal Article
Agnoli, L., Boeri, M., Scarpa, R., Capitello, R., & Begalli, D. (2018). Behavioural patterns in Mediterranean-style drinking: Generation Y preferences in alcoholic beverage consumption. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 75, 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2018.06.001

The received wisdom is that patterns of alcohol consumption in Mediterranean countries are healthier than in northern European counterparts. However, recent surveys highlight the growing tendency by younger generations to change drinking-style. This... Read More about Behavioural patterns in Mediterranean-style drinking: Generation Y preferences in alcoholic beverage consumption.

Are Preferences for Food Quality Attributes Really Normally Distributed? An Analysis using Flexible Mixing Distributions (2018)
Journal Article
Caputo, V., Scarpa, R., Nayga, J. R., & Ortega, D. (2018). Are Preferences for Food Quality Attributes Really Normally Distributed? An Analysis using Flexible Mixing Distributions. Journal of Choice Modelling, 28, 10-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocm.2018.04.003

We empirically question the commonly invoked assumption of normality of taste distribution in mixed logit models with continuous random parameters. We use a WTP-space random utility discrete choice model with flexible distributions on data from two c... Read More about Are Preferences for Food Quality Attributes Really Normally Distributed? An Analysis using Flexible Mixing Distributions.