Estimating the Impact of Whaling on Global Whale Watching

Hsiao-I Kuo, Chi-Chung Chen and Michael McAleer

Working Papers in Economics from University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance

Abstract: After a commercial whaling moratorium was enacted in 1986, whale watching became one of the fastest growing tourism industries worldwide. As whaling is regarded as an activity that is incompatible with whale watching, the possible resumption of commercial whaling has caused an urgent need to investigate the potential negative effects of whaling on the whale-watching industry. We examine the potential impacts of whaling on the global whale-watching tourism industry using an unbalanced panel data model. The empirical results indicate that the resumption of commercial whaling has the potential for a negative effect on the global whale-watching industry, especially for nations that are engaged in whaling.

Keywords: Global whale watching; Commercial whaling; Delay-difference equation model; Unbalanced panel data model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 Q22 Q26 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2010-05-24
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