Three Essays in Environmental Economics
The second chapter uses a long-running yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) nest count in New Zealand to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of three commonly used endangered species recovery treatments---trapping of introduced predators, revegetation, and intensive management. Of the three treatments that we analyze, only intensive management is significantly correlated with increases in annual site-level yellow-eyed penguin population growth rate. We estimate that intensive management increased the yellow-eyed penguin population by 9% above the counterfactual, and that the average cost of producing an additional yellow-eyed penguin nest through intensive management is NZ$68, 600.ABSTRACT Three Essays in Environmental Economics Jonah Morris Busch This dissertation addresses the benefits, costs, ... effectiveness of three commonly used endangered species recovery treatmentsa trapping of introduced predators, anbsp;...
| Title | : | Three Essays in Environmental Economics |
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| Publisher | : | ProQuest - 2008 |
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