?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F11467%2F&rft.title=20+years+of+stated+preference+valuation+of+non-timber+benefits+from+Fennoscandian+forests%3A+A+meta-analysis&rft.creator=Lindhjem%2C+Henrik&rft.subject=Q23+-+Forestry&rft.subject=Q26+-+Recreational+Aspects+of+Natural+Resources&rft.subject=H41+-+Public+Goods&rft.subject=Q51+-+Valuation+of+Environmental+Effects&rft.description=Stated+preference+(SP)+surveys+have+been+conducted+to+value+non-timber+benefits+(NTBs)+from+forests+in+Norway%2C+Sweden+and+Finland+for+about+20+years.+The+paper+first+reviews%0Athe+literature+and+summarises+methodological+traditions+in+SP+research+in+the+three+countries.+Second%2C+a+meta-regression+analysis+is+conducted+explaining+systematic+variation+in+Willingness-to-Pay+(WTP).+Two+important+conclusions+emerge%2C+with+relevance+for+future+research%3A+(1)+WTP+is+found+to+be+insensitive+to+the+size+of+the+forest%2C+casting+doubt+on+the+use+of+simplified+WTP%2Farea+measures+for+complex+environmental+goods%3B+and+(2)+WTP+tends+to+be%0Ahigher+if+people+are+asked+as+individuals+rather+than+on+behalf+of+their+household.&rft.date=2006-09-15&rft.type=MPRA+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F11467%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_11467.pdf&rft.identifier=++Lindhjem%2C+Henrik++(2006)%3A+20+years+of+stated+preference+valuation+of+non-timber+benefits+from+Fennoscandian+forests%3A+A+meta-analysis.++Published+in%3A+Journal+of+Forest+Economics+%2C+Vol.+4%2C++No.+12++(January+2007)%3A+pp.+251-277.++&rft.language=en