2018 年 28 巻 2 号 p. 2_10-18
In this study, based on the questionnaire survey conducted in Shiga prefecture in 2015, the payment card question modes of contingent valuation method (CVM) was employed to quantify taxpayer’s willingness to pay (WTP) for nature experience study program in school education. As payment vehicle, tax reallocation of budget was employed. The results of the Tobit estimation procedure indicate that WTP was affected by the function of subject of chance provide for the study and place for the study. Place of respondents had no relation to WTP. This highlight the importance of leading rule of regional government to develop nature experience study program in school education as a way to increase formative ability of human relations of pupils.