PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Wan, Xibo
AU  - Ren, Yongwang
AU  - Zhang, Ruohao
AU  - Zheng, Jiameng
AU  - Zhang, Wendong
TI  - Quantifying Recreational Benefits from Fish Consumption Advisories
AID  - 10.3368/le.102.3.013026-0018
DP  - 2026 Jul 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 313--338
VI  - 102
IP  - 3
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/102/3/313.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/102/3/313.full
AB  - This article examines the impact of fish consumption advisories on recreational behavior and visitor welfare using large-scale mobility data from Michigan. By integrating cell phone–based location data with a discrete-choice modeling framework, we estimate the causal effects of advisories on recreation site selection and quantify the associated welfare benefits of disclosing risks. Our findings show that advisories significantly deter recreational visits, with an average visitor willing to pay approximately $72 per visit to avoid sites under advisories. We also find that disclosure on advisories led to aggregated welfare benefits of $3.45 million annually, highlighting its broader recreational benefits.