Heterogeneous preferences for congestion

This paper studies the problem of congested recreation facilities when the users differ with regard to their willingness to pay for access to the site and their aversion to congestion. The simple model of the paper shows that some user groups may actually increase their use of a site if they are les...

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Published in:Journal of environmental economics and management 1988-09, Vol.15 (3), p.251-258
Main Author: McConnell, K.E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AIRE DE LOISIR
ANALISIS ESTADISTICO
ANALYSE STATISTIQUE
Capacity
DINAMICA DE LA POBLACION
DYNAMIQUE DES POPULATIONS
ECONOMIA
Economic models
Economic theory
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIE
GENERO HUMANO
GENRE HUMAIN
MANKIND
MODELE
MODELOS
NATURAL RESOURCES
POPULATION DYNAMICS
Recreation
RECREATIONAL AREAS
RECURSOS NATURALES
RESSOURCE NATURELLE
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
ZONAS RECREATIVAS
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Summary:This paper studies the problem of congested recreation facilities when the users differ with regard to their willingness to pay for access to the site and their aversion to congestion. The simple model of the paper shows that some user groups may actually increase their use of a site if they are less price responsive and more averse to congestion than the central tendencies of all users. These results help explain many administrators' reluctance to use fees to ration entrance to congested sites. Under plausible assumptions about the effects of income on price and congestion responsiveness, the use of a fee would tend to ration sites toward people with higher incomes.
ISSN:0095-0696
1096-0449
DOI:10.1016/0095-0696(88)90001-0