The value of a name: Estimating the economic impact of public land designation

摘要: Abstract Public land designations have been shown to significant impact on their contextual regional economies. This paper reviews the existing literature how public lands proximate economies in which they are situated. Based this collected wisdom synthesizes past lessons into a comprehensive methodology. methodology distinguishes quality effects terms of visitors’ willingness pay for sites higher and quantity additional visitation such give more characterizing economic protected area designation. We focus National Monuments Parks, given that these two types broadest popular exposure feature most reliable data. A case study is then presented hypothetical Ferry County, Washington, USA, applying new assess likely different areas.