1. Invasive species and delaying the inevitable: Valuation evidence from a national survey
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McIntosh, Christopher R., Shogren, Jason F., and Finnoff, David C.
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INTRODUCED species , *WILLINGNESS to pay , *ENVIRONMENTAL economics , *VALUATION , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *EDUCATION , *ECONOMICS - Abstract
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 $4billion for all U.S. households). By comparison, the federal government currently (2006) invests $394million annually for all invasive species (aquatic and terrestrial) prevention and early detection/rapid response. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2010
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