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Using virtual environments in contingent valuation to elicit willingness to pay for an oil spill combat program
| Resumo: | Oil spill threats off the Portuguese coast are real, though they have not recently occurred. In particular,areas such as the Arrábida Natural Park are highly vulnerable due to development pressures. A contingent valuation survey is used to elicit willingness to pay (WTP) for an oil spill combat program in the area. While from a methodological perspective, (preliminary) results suggest that WTPs are not sensitive to the way information is conveyed when simulating the spill (low vs.high-immersive virtual environment),inferring about the WTPs across heterogeneous agents for reducing the damages caused is valuable information for policy purposes. |
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| Autores principais: | Carvalho, Catarina Maia Nascimento |
| Assunto: | Oil spills Virtual reality Contingent valuation Arrábida natural park |
| Ano: | 2020 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | Oil spill threats off the Portuguese coast are real, though they have not recently occurred. In particular,areas such as the Arrábida Natural Park are highly vulnerable due to development pressures. A contingent valuation survey is used to elicit willingness to pay (WTP) for an oil spill combat program in the area. While from a methodological perspective, (preliminary) results suggest that WTPs are not sensitive to the way information is conveyed when simulating the spill (low vs.high-immersive virtual environment),inferring about the WTPs across heterogeneous agents for reducing the damages caused is valuable information for policy purposes. |
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