RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Distributional Effects of Entry Fees and Taxation for Financing Public Beaches
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 509
OP 519
DO 10.3368/le.98.3.083121-0105
VO 98
IS 3
A1 Lupi, Frank
A1 von Haefen, Roger H.
A1 Cheng, Li
YR 2022
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/98/3/509.abstract
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.