TY - JOUR T1 - Quality over Quantity: Non-market Values of Restoring Coastal Dunes in the US Pacific Northwest JF - Land Economics JO - Land Econ DO - 10.3368/le.040721-0036R SP - 040721-0036R AU - Tu Nguyen AU - David M. Kling AU - Steven J. Dundas AU - Sally D. Hacker AU - Daniel K. Lew AU - Peter Ruggiero AU - Katherine Roy Y1 - 2022/05/18 UR - http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/05/17/le.040721-0036R.abstract N2 - We design a choice experiment to examine public preferences for coastal dune ecosystem restoration in the US Pacific Northwest, a public good whose natural state is now rare. Respondents are asked to choose among hypothetical projects that vary by project size, restoration quality, recreation access, flooding risk, and cost. Restoration quality is defined as closeness to the natural ecosystem. We find that increasing restoration quality results in significantly higher welfare gains than increasing the size of restoration area. Maintaining recreation access is preferred, and programs with recreation restrictions yield positive willingness-to-pay only if accompanied by the highest restoration quality. ER -