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Dr. Patricia A. Champ

pchamp@fs.fed.us

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Research Interests

Her interests include validity issues associated with nonmarket valuation methods, survey research issues, allocation mechanisms for recreational opportunities on public lands, and issues associated with institutional arrangements and incentives.

Selected Projects

Fire and Other Disturbances

• Social and Community Impacts of Wildfire
• Puerto Rico Wildfire Conference

Recreation and Tourism

• Unmanaged Recreation

Forest Planning and Resource Decision Making

• Institutional Aspects of the Valles Caldera

Valuation Methodology and Application

• Reliability and Validity of Nonmarket Valuation Approaches
• Valuing Rare Species in a Taiwanese National Park
• Predicting Participation in a Wind Power Program

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Selected Publications

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• Richardson, L., J. Loomis and P.A. Champ. Forthcoming. The hidden cost of wildfires: health effects and associated costs from California's Station fire. Journal of Forest Economics.
  
  
• Brenkert-Smith, H. and P.A. Champ. 2011. Four Mile Canyon: Living with Wildfire. Fire Management Today 71(2):31-36.
  
  
• Kochi, I, G. Donovan, P. Champ, and J. Loomis. 2010. The economic cost of adverse health effects from wildfire-smoke exposure: a review. International Journal of Wildland Fire 19:803-817.
  
  
• Moore, R., R.C. Bishop, B. Provencher, and P.A. Champ. 2010. Accounting for respondent uncertainty to improve willingness-to-pay estimates. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 58(3):381-401.
  
  
• Ready, R.C, P.A. Champ, and J.L. Lawton. 2010. Using Respondent Uncertainty to Mitigate Hypothetical Bias in a Stated Choice Experiment. Land Economics 86(2):363-381.
  
  
• Champ, P.A., G.H. Donovan, C. Barth. 2010. Homebuyers and Wildfire Risk: A Colorado Springs Case Study. Society and Natural Resources. 23(1): 58-70.
  
  
• Champ, P.A., R.C. Bishop, and R. Moore. 2009. A Comparison of Approaches to Mitigate Hypothetical Bias. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 38(2): 166-180.
  
  
• Donovan, G.H. and P.C. Champ. 2009. The Economic Benefits of Elk Viewing at the Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area in Oregon. Human Dimensions of Wildlife14: 51-60.
  
  
• Donovan, G., P.A. Champ, D. Butry. 2007. Wildfire Risk and Housing Prices: A Case Study from Colorado Springs. Land Economics 83(2):217-233.
  
  
• Donovan, G., P.A. Champ, D. Butry. 2007. Measuring the efficacy of a wildfire education program in Colorado Springs. Journal of Emergency Management 5(3):33-37.
  
  
• Little, J.M., K.M.Grimsrud, P.A. Champ and R.P. Berrens 2006. Investigation of Stated and Revealed Preferences for an Elk Hunting Raffle. Land Economics 82(4):623-640.
  
  
• Brooks, J.J. and P.A. Champ. 2006. Understanding the Wicked Nature of ‘Unmanaged Recreation’ in Colorado’s Front Range. Environmental Management.38:784-798.
  
  
• Brenkert, H., P.A. Champ and N. Flores. 2006. Insights into Wildland Urban Interface Homeowners’ Wildfire Mitigation Decisions. Society and Natural Resources 19(8):759-768.
  
  
• Champ, P.A. and R.C. Bishop. 2006. Is Willingness to Pay for a Public Good Sensitive to the Elicitation Format? Land Economics 82(2):162-173.
  
  
• Champ, P.A. and A. Alberini. 2005. Using Contingent Valuation to Value a Noxious Weeds Control Program: The Effects of Including an Unsure Response Category. Ecological Economics 55:47-60.
  
  
• Little, J., R. Berrens, and P.A. Champ. 2005. Uncharted Territory – The Charter Forest Experiment on the Valles Caldera National Preserve: An Initial Economic and Policy Analysis. Natural Resources Journal 45(1):33-76.
  
  
• Champ, P.A., Nicholas E. Flores, Thomas C. Brown, and James Chivers. 2002. Contingent Valuation and Incentives. Land Economics 78(4):591-604.
  
  
• Champ, P.A. and R.C. Bishop. 2001. Donation Mechanisms and Contingent Valuation: An Empirical Study of Hypothetical Bias. Environmental and Resource Economics 19:383-402.
  
  
• Champ, P.A., and J. Loomis. 1998. Testing the Robustness of WTA Estimates using the Method of Paired Comparison. Environmental and Resource Economics 12:375-386.
  
  
• Champ, P.A., R.C. Bishop, T.C. Brown, and D.W. McCollum. 1997. Using Donation Mechanisms to Value Nonuse Benefits from Public Goods. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 33(2):151-162.
  
  
• Poe, G.L., M.P. Welsh, and P.A. Champ. 1997. Measuring the Differences in Mean Willingness to Pay when Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation Responses are Not Independent. Land Economics 73(2):255-67.
  
  
• Champ, P.A., R.C. Bishop, T.C. Brown, and D.W. McCollum. 1997. Using Donation Mechanisms to Value Nonuse Benefits from Public Goods. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 33(2):151-162.
  
  
• Brown, T.C., P.A. Champ, R.C. Bishop, and D.W. McCollum. 1996. Which Response Format Reveals the Truth about Donations to a Public Good? Land Economics 72(2):152-166.
  
  
• Champ, P.A., and R.C. Bishop. 1996. Evidence on the Accuracy of Expenditures Reported in Recreational Surveys. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 21(1):1-10.

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Books and Book Chapters

• Champ, P. A., and M.P. Welsh. 2006. Survey Methodologies for Choice Experiments. Chapter 3 in Valuing Environmental Amenities Using Stated Choice Studies. Edited by Barbara Kanninen. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston.
  
  
• Champ, Patricia A., Kevin Boyle, and Thomas C. Brown, editors. 2003. A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation. Kluwer Academic Press, Boston, 576 pages.
  
  
• Champ, P.A. 2003. Collecting Survey Data for Nonmarket Valuation. Chapter 3 (pgs. 59-98) in A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, edited by Patricia A. Champ, Kevin Boyle, and Thomas C. Brown, Kluwer Academic Press, Boston.
  
  
• Bishop, R.C., P.A. Champ, T.C. Brown, and D.W. McCollum. 1997. Measuring Non-Use Values: Theory and Empirical Applications. Chapter 3 in Determining the Value of Non-Marketed Goods edited by R.J. Kopp, W.W. Pommerehne, and N. Schwarz. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston.
  
  
• Bishop, R.C., P.A. Champ, and D.J. Mullarkey. 1995. Contingent Valuation. Chapter 28 of Handbook of Environmental Economics. Edited by Daniel Bromley. Blackwell Publishers, Inc.
  
  
• Little, J., R. Berrens, and P. Champ. 2005 Uncharted Territory - The Charter Forest Experiment on the Valles Cladera National Preserve: An Initial Economic and Policy Analysis. Natural Resources Journal 45 (1): 33-76.
  
  
• Champ, P.A., A. Alberini, and I. Correas. 2005. Using Contingent Valuation to Value a Noxious Weeds control Program: The Effects of Including an Unsure Response Category. Ecological Economics 55: 47-60.
  
  
• Brenkert, H., P. Champ and N. Flores. 2005. Mitigation of Wildfire Risk by Homeowners. Res. Not RMRS-RN-25WWW. Fort Collins , CO : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 9p.
  
  
• Champ, Patricia A., Nicholas E. Flores, Thomas C. Brown, and James Chivers. 2002. Contingent Valuation and Incentives. Land Economics 78(4): 591-604.
  (215 KB pdf file)
  
  
• Champ, Patricia A. and Richard C. Bishop. 2001. Donation Payment Mechanisms and Contingent Valuation: An Empirical Study of Hypothetical Bias. Environmental and Resource Economics 19:383-402.
  
  
• Champ, P.A., and R.C. Bishop. 2001. Donation Mechanisms and Contingent Valuation: An Empirical Study of Hypothetical Bias. Environmental and Resource Economics 19: 383-402.
  
  
• Champ, P.A., and J. Loomis. 1998. Testing the Robustness of WTA Estimates using the Method of Paired Comparison. Environmental and Resource Economics 12:375-386.
  (332 KB PDF file)
  
  
• Loomis, J., G. Peterson, P. Champ, T. Brown and B. Lucero. 1998. Paired Comparison Estimates of Willingness to Accept Versus Contingent Valuation Estimates of Willingness to Pay.  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 35:501-515.
  (439 KB PDF file)
  
  
• Champ, P.A., R.C. Bishop, T.C. Brown, and D.W. McCollum.  1997.  Using Donation Mechanisms to Value Nonuse Benefits from Public Goods. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 33(2):151-162.
  
  
• Poe, G.L., M.P. Welsh, and P.A. Champ. 1997. Measuring the Differences in Mean Willingness to Pay when Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation Responses are Not Independent. Land Economics 73(2):255-67.
  (486 KB PDF file)
  
  
• Brown, T.C., P.A. Champ, R.C. Bishop, and D.W. McCollum.  1996. Which Response Format Reveals the Truth about Donations to a Public Good? Land Economics 72(2):152-166.
  (735 KB pdf file)
  
  
• Champ, P.A., and R.C. Bishop. 1996. Evidence on the Accuracy of Expenditures Reported in Recreational Surveys. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 21(1):1-10.
  (286 KB PDF file)
  
  
• Champ, P.A., and M.P. Welsh. (Forthcoming). Survey Methodologies for Choice Experiments Chapter 3 in Using Choice Experiments to Value Environmental Amenities. Edited by Barbara Kanninen. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston.
  
  
• Champ, P.A., K.J. Boyle, and T.C. Brown, eds. 2003. A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation. Kluwer Academic Press: Boston.
  
  
• Champ, P. A. 2003. Collecting Survey Data Collection for Nonmarket Valuation. Chapter 3 in A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation edited by P.A. Champ, K. Boyle, and T.C. Brown. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston.
  
  
• Bishop, R.C., P.A. Champ, T.C. Brown, and D.W. McCollum. 1997. Measuring Non-Use Values: Theory and Empirical Applications. Chapter 3 in Determining the Value of Non-Marketed Goods edited by R.J. Kopp, W.W. Pommerehne, and N. Schwarz. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston.
  
  
• Bishop, R.C., P.A. Champ, and D.J. Mullarkey. 1995. Contingent Valuation. Chapter 28 of Handbook of Environmental Economics. Edited by Daniel Bromley. Blackwell Publishers, Inc. (Authorship is in alphabetical order).

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Discussion Papers

Discussion Papers report work in progress. They are written to share ideas, concepts, and theories as well as preliminary empirical data, and have not been peer reviewed or approved for publication. Comments are welcome.

• Champ, Patricia A. and Richard C. Bishop (2002). Are Actual Donations to the Provision of a Public Good Sensitive to the Elicitation Format?
  RMRS - RWU 4851 Discussion Paper
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  This study examines elicitation effects for actual donations to a public good. Specifically, responses to a dichotomous choice format are compared to responses to a payment card format. We find that in this actual donation situation, the elicitation format affects the distribution of donations. Based on this result we argue that elicitation effects found in contingent valuation studies may not be due the hypothetical nature of the decision making context as has been suggested in previous studies.

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Professional Affiliations

• Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
  
• American Agricultural Economics Association
  
• Friend of Western Regional Project W1133
  
• Western Economics Association International
  
• American Association for Public Opinion Research

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