@article{Rolfe:100732,
      recid = {100732},
      author = {Rolfe, John and Windle, Jill},
      title = {Assessing national values to protect the health of the  Great Barrier Reef},
      address = {2011},
      number = {422-2016-26859},
      pages = {19},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {The aim of this study was to estimate the values to  protect the health of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) at the  national level and to examine the effects of distance decay  on valuation estimates. A split-sample choice-modelling  experiment was conducted in six locations: a regional town  within the GBR catchment area (Townsville); Brisbane, the  state capital approximately 450 km from the southern limit  of the GBR; and four other capital cities (Sydney,  Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth) ranging from nearly 1,000 km  to over 4,000 km from Brisbane. The results suggest that  the average WTP across Australian households is $21.68 per  household per annum for five years. There was some evidence  of distance decay in values. Most decline occurred once  outside the home state, and little further decline once  away from the east coast. There was no evidence to suggest  any difference in patterns of use and non-use values. The  values of the potential future users were most influential  in determining WTP estimates.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/100732},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.100732},
}