The Allure of the Illegal: Choice Modelling of Rhino Horn Demand in Vietnam

Nick Hanley, Oleg Sheremet (), Martina Bozzola and Douglas C. MacMillan
Additional contact information
Oleg Sheremet: School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St. Andrews
Douglas C. MacMillan: DICE, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent

Discussion Papers in Environment and Development Economics from University of St. Andrews, School of Geography and Sustainable Development

Abstract: Demand for rhino horn products is the main driver of illegal hunting of African rhinos. Using choice modelling we identify the main drivers of demand and estimate consumer willingness to pay for rhino horn attributes of high policy relevance among Vietnamese users and potential users. We find that wild or semi-wild sourced horn, harvested humanly from least rare species is the most valued among Vietnamese consumers. Furthermore, consumers are willing to pay more for illegally-traded horn, indicating that the international ban on the trade has generated a premium for illegal horn.

Keywords: Rhino Conservation; Illegal Hunting; Trade in Wildlife Products; Choice Experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F18 Q27 Q51 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2017-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dcm, nep-env, nep-mkt and nep-sea
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/dept-of-geograph ... Hanley%20et%20al.pdf
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 404 Not Found (http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/dept-of-geography-and-sustainable-development/pdf-s/DP%202017-05.%20Hanley%20et%20al.pdf [302 Found]--> https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/dept-of-geography-and-sustainable-development/pdf-s/DP%202017-05.%20Hanley%20et%20al.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:sss:wpaper:2017-05

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Discussion Papers in Environment and Development Economics from University of St. Andrews, School of Geography and Sustainable Development Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Laure Kuhfuss ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).