Table 16. Comparison of Net Economic Values Per Trip of Current 

 Trip and Hypothetical trips. 



Model 



Sample 

 Size 



Truncated Median 

 Mean 



Current Trip Model 



Entire Sample 

 (Standard Error) 



531 



167.88 

 (11.44) 



84.93 

 (9.37) 



H ypothetical Trip Models 



Twice the number of birds 262 

 and more liberal regulations 



Half the birds and more 

 conservative regulations 



272 



Note: The truncation point for the mean value estimates was the 

 maximum bid level ($500) . 



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