Sammanfattning

The benefits and costs of wildlife are contingent on the spatial overlap of animal populations with economic and recreational human activities. By using a production function approach with dynamic spatial panel data models, we analyze the effects of human hunting and carnivore predation pressure on the value of ungulate game harvests. The results show evidence of dynamic spatial dependence in the harvests of roe deer and wild boar, but not in those of moose, which is likely explained by the presence of harvesting quotas for the latter. Results suggest the impact of lynx on roe deer harvesting values is reduced by 75% when spatial effects are taken into account. The spatial analysis confirms that policymakers' aim to reduce wild boar populations through increased hunting has been successful, an effect that was only visible when considering spatial effects.

Nyckelord

Wildlife management; Dynamic spatial panel data models; System GMM; Bioeconomic modeling; Swedish biodiversity

Publicerad i

Environmental and Resource Economics
2023,
Utgivare: SPRINGER

SLU författare

• Elofsson, Katarina

  • Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Aarhus Universitet
  • Södertörns högskola

• Lozano Galindez, Julian Eduardo

  • Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Aarhus Universitet
  • Södertörns högskola

• Surry, Yves

  • Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Marbuah, George

  • Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Ekologi
Vilt- och fiskeförvaltning
Nationalekonomi


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-023-00770-w

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/121885