Honey Bee Pollination Markets and the Internalization of Reciprocal Benefits

Randal R. Rucker, Walter Thurman and Michael Burgett

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2012, vol. 94, issue 4, 956-977

Abstract: The world's most extensive markets for pollination services are those for honey bee pollination in the United States. These markets play important roles in coordinating the behavior of migratory beekeepers, who both produce honey and provide substitutes for ecosystem pollination services. We analyze the economic forces that drive migratory beekeeping and theoretically and empirically analyze the determinants of pollination fees in a larger and richer data set than has been studied before. Our empirical results expand our understanding of pollination markets and market-supporting institutions that internalize external effects. Copyright 2012, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2012
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