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http://dx.doi.org/10.11001/jksww.2014.28.5.561

Estimating willingness-to-pay for the tap water quality improvement in Busan using contingent valuation method  

Pyo, Heedong (Dept. of Marine Business and Economics, Pukyong National Univ.)
Choo, Jae Wook (Dept. of Economics, Pukyong National Univ.)
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Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater / v.28, no.5, 2014 , pp. 561-571 More about this Journal
Abstract
The paper is to estimate willingness-to-pay (WTP) for tap water quality improvement in Busan, using parametric approach in contingent valuation method(CVM). For parametric approach linear logit model and log logit model are employed in double-bounded dichotomous choice format of CVM. For the reliability and the validity of contingent valuation method a survey was conducted for 665 respondents, who were sampled by stratified random sampling method, by personal interview method. The result of mean WTP for the tap water quality improvement in Busan was estimated to be 3,687 won and 3,660 won per month per household, while median WTP being 1,884 won and 1,892 won per month per household, respectively by linear logit model and log logit model. Provided that our sample is broadly representative of the Busan's population, an estimate of the annual aggregated benefit of residential water improvement for all Busan households is approximately 29.7 billion won to 29.8 billion won based on median WTP.
Keywords
Contingent Valuation Method; Parametric approach; Tap Water Quality Improvement; Willingness-to-Pay(WTP);
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