The Conservation Of Biological Diversity: An Economic Framework

Stephen Polasky and Andrew R. Solow
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Andrew R. Solow: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

No 235, Boston College Working Papers in Economics from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive economic framework for the conservation of biological diversity. This framework combines a simple model for valuing different sets of species with a decision theoretic model involving extinction probabilities to identify the optimal conservation strategy. Although the overall straight forward in principle, a number of practical problems are discussed.

Date: 1993-12
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