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Title: Estimating the economic impact of climate change on the freshwater sportsfisheries of the Northeastern United States

Abstract

This study links models of global climate circulation, ecology, and economic valuation (hedonic travel cost and random utility models) to value the impact of global warming on freshwater sportfishing in the Northeast. An origin-specific linear random utility model (RUM) is introduced. The results of the RUM are shown to be comparable to those of a hedonic travel cost model. A doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide is predicted to generate between a $4.6 million loss and a $20.5 million net benefit for the Northeastern United States, depending on the climate scenario.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Economics
  2. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Yale Univ., School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
656494
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/62115-T1-Pt.1
ON: DE98006284; BR: KP0508000; TRN: AHC29817%%49
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-95ER62115
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 6 Jun 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CLIMATIC CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; NUMERICAL DATA; R CODES; CARBON DIOXIDE; FISHERIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FRESH WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS

Citation Formats

Pendleton, L, and Mendelsohn, R. Estimating the economic impact of climate change on the freshwater sportsfisheries of the Northeastern United States. United States: N. p., 1997. Web. doi:10.2172/656494.
Pendleton, L, & Mendelsohn, R. Estimating the economic impact of climate change on the freshwater sportsfisheries of the Northeastern United States. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/656494
Pendleton, L, and Mendelsohn, R. 1997. "Estimating the economic impact of climate change on the freshwater sportsfisheries of the Northeastern United States". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/656494. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/656494.
@article{osti_656494,
title = {Estimating the economic impact of climate change on the freshwater sportsfisheries of the Northeastern United States},
author = {Pendleton, L and Mendelsohn, R},
abstractNote = {This study links models of global climate circulation, ecology, and economic valuation (hedonic travel cost and random utility models) to value the impact of global warming on freshwater sportfishing in the Northeast. An origin-specific linear random utility model (RUM) is introduced. The results of the RUM are shown to be comparable to those of a hedonic travel cost model. A doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide is predicted to generate between a $4.6 million loss and a $20.5 million net benefit for the Northeastern United States, depending on the climate scenario.},
doi = {10.2172/656494},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/656494}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 1997},
month = {Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 1997}
}