Table 5

Mean Annual Willingness to Pay for 10 Years for Programs to Reduce Boil Water Advisories (BWAs)

BaseConsequentiality DummyConsequentiality Question BeforeConsequentiality Question AfterSpecial Regressor
One small BWA  3.399**
(1.458)
  3.343**
(1.473)
  4.777**
(2.246)
  1.724
(1.938)
  1.253***
(0.352)
Program (reduce 25 small BWAs) 90.20***
(21.48)
 73.38**
(31.85)
111.3***
(30.11)
Inconsequential program (reduce 25 small BWAs)–39.48
(62.07)
–34.65
(100.1)
Consequential program (reduce 25 small BWAs)117.60***
(23.29)
 19.12
(22.58)
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  • Note: Standard errors in parentheses.

  • ** p <0.05;

  • *** p < 0.01.