WHAT ARE THE AAEA MEETINGS WORTH

Attendee valuations of AAEA meetings are estimated using the professio nal Activities Committee survey of the 1990 Vancouver meetings. Meetin g participation, direct expenditures, and willingness-to-pay (WTP) are presented. WTP is described in a utility maximization framework and e stimated by censored regression. Respondents spent an average $1,022 a ttending the meetings and were willing to pay an additional $399. Meet ing benefits increased with duration and frequency of attendance. Memb ers of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists benefi ted more than did nonmembers. Respondents with service appointments, a ssociate professors, and Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Mana gement Society members benefited less than did their respective counte rparts.