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Quality as A Latent Variable in Recreation Access Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

E. Jane Luzar
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Christopher Gan
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Barun Kanjilal
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mark Messonnier
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Abstract

Recreation trends indicating an increasing demand for quality recreation experiences suggest the need for special consideration of quality in analysis of fee access recreation. By viewing quality as a subjective latent variable, this paper uses a simultaneous equation framework to consider the use of subjective versus objective appraisals of quality in fee-based recreation access analysis.

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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1992

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