Economic Outlook and Policy Webinar Series Spring 2023: Certified Bee Campus: The Costs and Benefits

Despite significant drop in pollinator abundance, little is known on the benefits and costs of pollinator conservation in the public domain. We conducted an in-person survey at three large, public US universities to estimate benefits to become Bee Campus USA certified. We test whether different types of reminders on existing student sustainability fees affect Willingness to Pay and also obtain costs of achieving the certification per university. Net Present Value demonstrates that the net benefits to each school are positive, except under the most restrictive assumption. Information reminders of existing fees lead to little change in support of pollinator conservation.

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