摘要
Alongwiththeprogressofurbanizationandenviron-mentaldeterioration,residents’desireforimprovedairqualityisincreasing.Inordertoquantifyanindividual’swillingness-to-pay(WTP)forimprovedairqualityinJinanofeasternChina,acontingentvaluationmethod(CVM)wasemployed.Asampleof1,500residentswaschosenonthebasisofmultistagesamplingmethodswithface-to-faceinterviewsbyusingaseriesofhypo-thetical,open-endedscenarioquestionswhichweredesignedtoelicittherespondents’WTP.Resultsshowedthat59.7%ofrespondentswereabletoexpresstheirWTPandthemeanWTPis100ChineseYuan(CNY)perpersonperyear.AprobitmodelontheprobabilityofapositiveWTPandaregressionmodelweredevelopedtofindtherelationshipbetweenendogenousvariablesandWTP.Mostparametersintheeconometricanalysishadtheexpectedsign.AnnualhouseholdincomeandexpenditureontreatingrespiratorydiseasessignificantlyinfluenceWTP.TheratesofpositiveWTPandthemonetaryamountarelargerformenthanforwomen.Resultsalsoshowedthatpeoplewholivedinmorepollutedareaswerewillingtopaymoreforcleanair.Unlikedevelopedcountries,cleanairmayonlybeconsideredasapublicgoodinChinainthatmorethan40%ofrespondentshadnoincen-tivetobearthecostsofattemptingtoachievebetterairquality,whichindicatestherelativelylowenvironmentalconsciousness.
出版日期
2007年02月12日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
