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In this week\u2019s episode, host Margaret Walls sits in on the annual conference of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists to talk with Daniel Phaneuf, a professor at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison, about Phaneuf\u2019s work on estimating the value of outdoor spaces for recreation. Phaneuf discusses methods for estimating the value of nonmarket goods (e.g., outdoor recreation sites) and the influence of environmental conditions, like water quality, on people\u2019s choices regarding the use of outdoor recreation sites. Phaneuf also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of locational cell phone data and the implications of this data for future estimates of the value of outdoor recreation sites.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\u201cBest Practices for Implementing Recreation Demand Models\u201d by Frank Lupi, Daniel J. Phaneuf, and Roger H. von Haefen; https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1093/reep/reaa007\n\nAuthor Arthur C. Brooks at the \u201cAtlantic\u201d magazine; https://www.theatlantic.com/author/arthur-c-brooks/\n\n\u201cHarvard\u2019s Arthur C. Brooks on the Secrets to Happiness at Work\u201d from Harvard Business Review; https://hbr.org/2023/09/harvards-arthur-c-brooks-on-the-secrets-to-happiness-at-work