New working paper: “They doth protest too much, methinks: Reply to ‘Reply to Whitehead’”
They doth protest too much, methinks: Reply to “Reply to Whitehead” John C. Whitehead No 24-04, Working Papers from Department of Economics, Appalachian State University Abstract: Desvousges, Mathews and Train (2020) point out a mistake in my comment on their 2015 paper. When
IRERE special issue honoring Tom Tietenberg
From the inbox: The International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics has published the following new issue. The articles in this issue are freely avaible until 20 February[*]. For other issues or for subscription information, please visit the journal webpage. Volume 17,
NORC now conducts the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation
From the NORC NOW email: $394 billion. That’s how much hunters, anglers, and wildlife observers spent on being in the wild in 2022, according to the latest National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. When the survey first launched in
Conducting hypothesis tests with a Turnbull estimator with pooled data drives me crazy
I wrote a referee comment to the effect of: Many contingent valuation method researchers use the nonparametrice Turnbull WTP estimates for hypothesis testing. This is is inappropriate when the data must be "pooled" to get the willingness to pay (e.g., the
Understanding Bidding Behavior in Multi-unit Experimental Auctions with Latent Class Models
Tanga Mohr and John Whitehead [1]Department of Economics Appalachian State University Introduction The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a cap-and-trade program that covers the electric power sector in more than 10 northeastern states. The cap-and-trade program creates markets for a limited number
A new working paper shows that everything isn’t fine
In which we* use old-timey contingent valuation willingness to pay for a recreation trip questions. After this paper and others (in the past and in the future), I'm thinking that attribute non-attendance mitigates hypothetical bias, fat tails, scope insensitivity, etc.
This looks like something that a real environmental economist might be able to use in their research*
From Data are Plural (10/11): Michigan air permit violations. For local news organization Planet Detroit, freelance journalist Shelby Jouppi has built a daily-updating dashboard of air quality permit violations cited by Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. The dataset lists 1,500+ violation notices since 2018; for each, it