The Estimation of the Willingness to Pay to Decrease Haze in Ahvaz and its Determinats

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

2 PhD Student in Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this reserch is the study of the willingness to pay to decrease the haze in Ahvaz city. For this porpuse, the sampling data of 200 households of Ahvaz city as well as the contingent valuation method were used. The results show the avarage of the monthly willingness to pay for each person is 71323 Rial. Also, the variablies age, offered price, education level have negative effect, and the variablies income level, and illness have positive effect on the willingness to pay.
The aim of this reserch is the study of the willingness to pay to decrease the haze in Ahvaz city. For this porpuse, the sampling data of 200 households of Ahvaz city as well as the contingent valuation method were used. The results show the avarage of the monthly willingness to pay for each person is 71323 Rial. Also, the variablies age, offered price, education level have negative effect, and the variablies income level, and illness have positive effect on the willingness to pay.

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