Tei Mensah, Justice
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2017Peer reviewedOpen access
An Empirical Analysis of Hunting Lease Pricing and Value of Game in Sweden
Mensah, Justice Tei; Elofsson, Katarina
Abstract
Game species generate considerable benefits to society in terms of hunting values, tourism, and maintenance of ecosystem balance. This paper seeks to estimate hunting values for multiple hunted species by diseniangling the role of wildlife harvesting opportunities from other factors that affect hunting lease prices. We examine the determinants of hunting lease prices in Sweden using both spatial and nonspatial econometric techniques. Our analysis confirms considerable hunting values for fallow deer and wild boar. Also, the study reveals the presence of spatial spillovers in lease prices, implying that landowners have little scope for exerting monopoly power on the hunting lease market.
Published in
Land Economics
2017, volume: 93, number: 2, pages: 292-308
SLU Authors
Elofsson, Katarina
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Economics
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.93.2.292
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/81344