Willingness to pay for policies to reduce health risks from COVID-19: Evidence from U.S. professional sports

Humphreys BR, Wagner GA, Whitehead JC, Wicker P (2022)
Health economics 32(1): 218-231.

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Humphreys, Brad R.; Wagner, Gary A.; Whitehead, John C.; Wicker, PamelaUniBi
Abstract / Bemerkung
Airborne transmission of the COVID-19 virus increased the need for health policies to reduce transmission in congregate settings associated with minimal risk before the pandemic. While a large literature estimates tradeoffs between policies designed to reduce negative health outcomes, no empirical research addresses consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for health policies designed to reduce airborne virus transmission. Using survey data from 1381 fans of professional sports, we estimate consumers' WTP for reduced likelihood of coronavirus transmission through mask and social distancing policies using a stated preference approach. The results indicate increased attendance likelihood if the venue requires masks and limits attendance, with significant heterogeneity in WTP across risk scenarios and sports. We characterize consumers as casual fans who prefer a mask requirement but are indifferent to capacity constraints, strong fans who are anti-maskers and prefer capacity constraints, and a second group of casual fans with positive WTP under both mask and limited capacity requirements. For example, casual fans' WTP for masking, $38 per National Basketball Association (NBA) game attended, is more than double their WTP for capacity constraints only. Strong fans' WTP for attending capacity constrained NBA games was $490, more than 400% higher than the pre-pandemic average WTP of $105. © 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
Zeitschriftentitel
Health economics
Band
32
Ausgabe
1
Seite(n)
218-231
ISSN
1057-9230
eISSN
1099-1050
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2966456

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Humphreys BR, Wagner GA, Whitehead JC, Wicker P. Willingness to pay for policies to reduce health risks from COVID-19: Evidence from U.S. professional sports. Health economics. 2022;32(1):218-231.
Humphreys, B. R., Wagner, G. A., Whitehead, J. C., & Wicker, P. (2022). Willingness to pay for policies to reduce health risks from COVID-19: Evidence from U.S. professional sports. Health economics, 32(1), 218-231. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4618
Humphreys, Brad R., Wagner, Gary A., Whitehead, John C., and Wicker, Pamela. 2022. “Willingness to pay for policies to reduce health risks from COVID-19: Evidence from U.S. professional sports”. Health economics 32 (1): 218-231.
Humphreys, B. R., Wagner, G. A., Whitehead, J. C., and Wicker, P. (2022). Willingness to pay for policies to reduce health risks from COVID-19: Evidence from U.S. professional sports. Health economics 32, 218-231.
Humphreys, B.R., et al., 2022. Willingness to pay for policies to reduce health risks from COVID-19: Evidence from U.S. professional sports. Health economics, 32(1), p 218-231.
B.R. Humphreys, et al., “Willingness to pay for policies to reduce health risks from COVID-19: Evidence from U.S. professional sports”, Health economics, vol. 32, 2022, pp. 218-231.
Humphreys, B.R., Wagner, G.A., Whitehead, J.C., Wicker, P.: Willingness to pay for policies to reduce health risks from COVID-19: Evidence from U.S. professional sports. Health economics. 32, 218-231 (2022).
Humphreys, Brad R., Wagner, Gary A., Whitehead, John C., and Wicker, Pamela. “Willingness to pay for policies to reduce health risks from COVID-19: Evidence from U.S. professional sports”. Health economics 32.1 (2022): 218-231.

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