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Abstract: 

Since the events of 9/11, federal, state, and local governments have put substantially increased resources into providing homeland security services. These increased security efforts cost money and can be inconvenient. This paper focuses on citizens’ willingness to pay taxes for increased homeland security measures as well as their willingness to be inconvenienced by those measures. We use a contingent valuation approach to measuring willingness to pay taxes for a specific homeland security program. We also ask a parallel set of questions about citizens’ willingness to be inconvenienced by increased waiting times in lines due to the implementation of this program. Our data come from surveys administered nationally and specifically in four cities: Fort Collins, Anaheim, New York City, and Washington, DC. These surveys were sponsored by the Directorate for Science and Technology and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Affiliations:  1: University of Connecticut; 2: University of Connecticut; 3: University of Connecticut.