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through informal consultation in selected areas gather information on turtle
harvest and trade not reported in trade statistics because of inadequate or
nonexistent record keeping or through deliberate attempts to circumvent
protective laws.
Caulkins, Peter P. (1982). "An Empirical Study of the Recreational
Benefits Generated by a Water quality Improvement." Masters
Thesis, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
Two different methods of estimating the economic benefits that accrue to
recreationalists at Shadow Lake in Wisconsin as a result of an improvement in
that lake's water quality are developed and compared. The conventional travel
cost model is compared to a multinomial logit share model that is able to
explicitly incorporate as arguments not only the different substitute sites
used by each lake recreationalist but also each site's quality characteristics
including water quality. The difference in the benefit estimates derived from
these two models reflects, in part, this difference in dealing with the
substitutes.
Caulkins, Peter P., Richard C. Bishop, and Nicolaas W. Bouwes (1985).
"Omitted Cross-Price Variable Biases in the Linear Travel Cost
Model: Correcting Common Misperceptions." Land Economics,
61(2):182-187.
It is apparent that the traditional economic demand relationship between
two substitute goods has been confused with the relationship of the own and
cross-price proxies used in a travel cost demand equation. Adequate
consideration has not been given to how these price proxy variables are
generated. The purpose of this paper is to make explicit the behavioral
relationship of these price proxy variables, explain what factors govern this
relationship, and present the rules and conditions for determining the nature
of the bias when the cross-price terms are omitted from the estimated, linear
travel cost demand equation. While a simplified two site cases is used in
this analysis, the insights gained can be employed in analyzing more
complicated, multiple site situations.
Cauvin, D.M. (1979). "Regulating Access in Canada's Inland Fisheries."
J. Fish. Res. Board Can., 36:827-836.
Uncontrolled access in Canada's inland fisheries has served neither the
resource manager's interest in protecting fish stocks nor the economist's
interest in promoting the most efficient use of all factors of production,
including fisheries resources. Economically accessible fisheries have
generally attracted more labor and capital than is required to harvest the
productive potential of fisheries resources. As a result, costs of production
are high in relation to the value of production and profit margins have been
eroded. Of equal importance, a return from the resource in the form of a
resource rent has been foregone. Access control and a price system represent
management options to control excess fishing effort, promote economic
efficiency in the deployment of private and public resources, and promote
fiscal accountability in government.
Centaur Associates, Inc. (1981). "Socio-Economic Study of Mackerel
Purse Fishery." Task I and Task II Report prepared for the
National Marine Fisheries Service, 9450 Koger Boulevard, St.
Petersburg, Florida.
This report is part one and two of a study to estimate the probable
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