Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics

Umeå Economic Studies,
Umeå University, Department of Economics

No 627: Measuring marginal values of noise disturbance from air traffic: Does the time of the day matter?

Fredrik Carlsson (), Elina Lampi () and Peter Martinsson ()
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Fredrik Carlsson: Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Box 640, SE 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
Elina Lampi: Department of Economics, Umeå University, Postal: S 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
Peter Martinsson: Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Box 640, SE 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden

Abstract: This paper analyzes the marginal willingness to pay for changes in noise levels related to changes in the volume of flight movements at a city airport in Stockholm, Sweden,by using a choice experiment. When estimating marginal willingness to pay for different times of the day and days of the week, we find that these vary with the temporal dimensions: mornings and evenings have higher marginal values. Interestingly, a substantial proportion of the respondents prefer no changes in the current noise level. The paper concludes with a policy discussion related to incentivebased pricing.

Keywords: Choice experiment; discrete choice; noise; airport

JEL-codes: D62; H23; Q51; Q53

20 pages, March 1, 2004

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