Using Meta-Analysis for Large-Scale Ecosystem Service Valuation: Progress, Prospects, and Challenges

Authors

Robert J. Johnston, Clark UniversityFollow
Dana Marie Bauer, Clark University

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article discusses prospects and challenges related to the use of meta-regression models (MRMs) for ecosystem service benefit transfer, with an emphasis on validity criteria and post-estimation procedures given sparse attention in the ecosystem services literature. We illustrate these topics using a meta-analysis of willingness to pay for water quality changes that support aquatic ecosystem services and the application of this model to estimate water quality benefits under alternative riparian buffer restoration scenarios in New Hampshire's Great Bay Watershed. These illustrations highlight the advantages of MRM benefit transfers, together with the challenges and data needs encountered when quantifying ecosystem service values.

Publication Title

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Publication Date

4-2020

Volume

49

Issue

1

First Page

23

Last Page

63

ISSN

1068-2805

DOI

10.1017/age.2019.22

Keywords

benefit transfer, ecosystem service, meta-analysis, stated preference, valuation, water quality, willingness to pay

Repository Citation

Johnston, Robert J. and Bauer, Dana Marie, "Using Meta-Analysis for Large-Scale Ecosystem Service Valuation: Progress, Prospects, and Challenges" (2020). Economics. 149.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_economics/149

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Copyright Conditions

Johnston, R. J., & Bauer, D. M. (2020). Using meta-analysis for large-scale ecosystem service valuation: Progress, prospects, and challenges. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 49(1), 23-63.