PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lupi, Frank
AU  - von Haefen, Roger H.
AU  - Cheng, Li
TI  - Distributional Effects of Entry Fees and Taxation for Financing Public Beaches
AID  - 10.3368/le.98.3.083121-0105
DP  - 2022 Aug 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 509--519
VI  - 98
IP  - 3
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/98/3/509.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/98/3/509.full
SO  - Land Econ2022 Aug 01; 98
AB  - We use a multisite general population demand model to assess welfare and distributional effects of entrance pricing and taxation to finance Great Lakes beach management. We compare revenue resulting from uniform entry (i.e., gate) fees across sites to additional state income tax generating equivalent revenues. We present empirical demand elasticities with respect to total prices, including entry fees and elasticities with respect only to fees. We find that demand is price elastic for total trips and individual sites, with individual sites being significantly more elastic. Over a broad range of entry fees, total trip and site demands are fee elastic.