Valuing the benefits of cleaning lincoln cathedral

被引：15

作者：

Pollicino M. ^{[1
]}

Maddison D. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Dipartimento di Scienze Merceologiche, Universita di Catania

[2] Centre for Social and Economic Research into the Global Environment (CSERGE), University College London and University of East Anglia

来源：

Journal of Cultural Economics | 2001年 / 25卷 / 2期

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

Air pollution; Contingent valuation; Cultural heritage;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1007653432745

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摘要：

This paper summarises a contingent valuation study of willingness to pay for cleaning Lincoln Cathedral. A random sample of the inhabitants of the city of Lincoln and the surrounding area was questioned as to their willingness to pay for a change in the frequency of a hypothetical cleaning cycle from 40 years to 10 years. This change was illustrated by photographs which showed the same aspects of the Cathedral half-way through the two cleaning cycles. Individuals were also asked questions regarding their attitudes towards air pollution in general and its impact on the Cathedral in particular. It was found that household willingness to pay is best predicted by disposable income and a variable indicating distance from the site. Estimates of mean willingness to pay range from £15 to £23 per household per annum for those living Lincolnshire. Aggregating these values over the number of households in Lincolnshire suggests that the annual damage inflicted by air pollution on the appearance of the building so far as soiling is concerned is valued between £0.4 m and £0.6m. Different solutions to the problem of starting point bias were explored and are shown to yield similar estimates of willingness to pay. © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

引用

页码：131 / 148

页数：17

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