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In many cases, individuals are able to affect the quality of the services they derive from the environment. Often it can be fruitful to view individuals as producing services using the environment as one of several inputs. One example is provided by recreational services such as visiting a ski slope or a fishing site. In these cases, private goods and factors such as petrol and time are inputs. There are also public good inputs such as the size and the quality attributes of the site. The individual uses these private and public inputs to produce a recreational experience.
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Aronsson, T., Johansson, PO., Löfgren, KG. (1999). On the Proper Treatment of Defensive Expenditures in “Green” NNP Measures. In: Boman, M., Brännlund, R., Kriström, B. (eds) Topics in Environmental Economics. Economy & Environment, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3544-5_3
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