Comparison of Subjective and Inferred Valuations for Forest Ecosystem Services

• Tanaka Katsuya

  Shiga University

• Nagahiro Shuhei

  Yanmar Agri Japan Co., Ltd.

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 森林の生態系サービスの価値に対する主観評価と推論評価の比較

Abstract

This study investigates the value of forest ecosystem services (biodiversity preservation, disaster risk reduction, and water retention) in three prefectures in the Kinki region of Japan (Shiga, Kyoto, and Osaka). Under the commonly used subjective valuation method, values might be overestimated due to social desirability bias. To avoid this problem, we employ the inferred valuation method to estimate the value of three services that forests provide (biodiversity preservation, disaster risk reduction, and water retention). We then compare those values with the values produced by the subjective valuation method. Our results show a significant discrepancy between the values calculated under the subjective and inferred valuation methods. Most values estimated using inferred valuation are almost half as low as those under subjective valuation, or even lower. Our results also show that respondents outside Shiga Prefecture put much less value on local biodiversity in Shiga Prefecture—they put no or little value on local biodiversity in the prefecture.

Journal

• Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

  Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 12 (1), 44-58, 2019-03-28

  The Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Keywords

• choice experiment
• social desirability bias
• forest
• inferred valuation
• ecosystem services

Details

• CRID: 1390282763114214144
• NII Article ID: 130007644675
• DOI: 10.14927/reeps.12.1_44
• ISSN: 21882495
• ISSN: 18823742
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
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