OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-VALUE RENEWABLE RESOURCES: AN APPLICATION TO THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT

William R. Sutton and Lovell S. Jarvis

No 20912, 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This study extends dynamic models of renewable terrestial resources to evaluate the optimal long-run management strategy for African Elephants. Changes in many model parameters have ambiguous effects on elephant stocks and point to a need for empirical research to provide parameterizations for a theoretical model and a better basis for policy.

Keywords: Resource/Energy; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20912

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