CVM을 이용한 지불수단 별 무등산 국립공원 가치평가

A Valuation of Mudeungsan National Park Using CVM: Case of the Payment Vehicles

The aim of this study is to evaluate the economic value of Mudeungsan National Park that has been designated as a national park recently. For doing that the Double-bounded dichotmous choice Contingent Valuation Method(CVM) was adopted to calculate the Respondents` Difference of Willingness to Pay Amount. In particularly, a Comparison of the WTPs according to the payment vehicle(tax/fund) was conducted. Survey was used for over 20 years of age people who were residence in Gwangju and Jeonnam. As a result, a total of 763 questionnaires were used for data analysis. The empirical results of WTP for fund showed that the public value of Mudeungsan National Park was estimated to be 8,541 Won per household. Meanwhile, in case of tax, the value was estimated to be 7,863 won. This means that the whole annual value was calculated 10,280 million won for fund and 9,460 million won for tax. In addition, the result of comparison between WTP Means of fund and tax showed the significant difference and implications of the results were discussed in the conclusion.