ECONOMIC AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION OF PREDATOR CONTROL ALTERNATIVES

Russell L. Gum and William E. Martin

Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1979, vol. 04, issue 01, 12

Abstract: A simulation model containing both economic (monetary) and socio-environmental (value index) components is developed in a case study of predator control alternatives. Particular emphasis is given to the description and justification of the socio-economic model. The economic model is estimated in terms of producers' and consumers' surpluses. The empirical tradeoff function developed suggests that alternatives to recent predator control programs exist that could be "better" for both general public and producer interests. The general approach can serve as a prototype for policy evaluations involving multiple objectives.

Keywords: Resource/Energy; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1979
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/32435/files/04010033.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:wjagec:32435

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.32435

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Western Journal of Agricultural Economics from Western Agricultural Economics Association Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().