Valuing Access to our Public Lands: A Unique Public Good Pricing Experiment

Table 2. Variable Definitions and Sample Means

Variables

Definitions                        ’

Means

RDD Sample
(N = 462)

NPF Sample
(N = 1461)

Initial Bid

First bid chosen randomly from
{$25,$45,$65,$85,$105,$125,$145,$165}

93.615

96.691

1 if household is more likely to purchase pass if

All Revenue

all money was used for services and facilities

0.628

0.636

on federal recreation sites; 0 otherwise

Low Visits

1 if number of visits last year to
Federal recreation sites ≤ 3, 0 otherwise

0.803

0.453

Young

1 if 17 < Age < 30; 0 otherwise

0.149

0.138

Old

1 if 50 < Age < 60; 0 otherwise

0.242

0.300

Male

1 if Male; 0 otherwise

0.433

0.477

BS degree

1 if BS degree or some graduate school; 0 otherwise

0.357

0.394

Professional degree

1 if Graduate or professional degree; 0 otherwise

0.236

0.353

Low Income

1 if Household income is less than $50K; 0 otherwise

0.321

0.255

Hispanic

1 if Hispanic; 0 otherwise

0.056

0.027

White

1 if White; 0 otherwise

0.846

0.876

Asian

1 if Asian; 0 otherwise

0.011

0.026

African American

1 if African American; 0 otherwise

0.024

0.003

NE

1 if states (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT);
NE = 0 otherwise

0.048

0.079

ENC

1 if states (PA, NY, NJ); ENC = 0 otherwise

0.113

0.117

WNC

1 if states (WI, OH, MI, IN, IL); WNC = 0 otherwise

0.160

0.155

GP

1 if states (IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD);
GP = 0 otherwise

0.071

0.082

SE

1 if states (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV);
SE = 0 otherwise

0.165

0.177

WSC

1 if states (AL, KY, MS, TN); WSC = 0 otherwise

0.065

0.025

SW

1 if states (AR, LA, OK, TX); SW = 0 otherwise

0.067

0.071

RM

1 if states (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY);
RM = 0 otherwise

0.097

0.109

PC

1 if states (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA); PC = 0 otherwise

0.214

0.185