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| Title: | The Role of Bounties and Human Behavior on Louisiana Nutria Harvests |
| Authors: | Dedah, Cheikhna O.
Kazmierczak, Richard F., Jr.
Keithly, Walter R., Jr. |
| Keywords: | bounties
long-run supply
nutria
open access |
| JEL Codes: | Q210 |
| Issue Date: | 2010-02 |
| Abstract: | In response to nutria-linked degradation of much of its coastal wetlands, Louisiana established
the Coastwide Nutria Control Program (CNCP) in January 2002. CNCP instituted, among other
things, an ‘‘economic incentive payment’’ of $4.00 per delivered nutria tail from registered
participants in the program. To examine whether this bounty has had an impact on nutria
harvest and whether alternative bounty levels can, in general, generate additional harvesting
activities, we developed a bioeconomic supply model that relates Louisiana’s annual nutria
harvests to a suite of economic and environmental factors. Results suggested that the annual
nutria harvest is responsive to both the price received per animal and costs. Results also suggested
that the nutria harvest has increased as a result of the bounty, but that the initial bounty of
$4.00 per tail may be insufficient to achieve the state’s goal of harvesting 400,000 animals per
year but that a bounty equal to $5.00 per tail would likely achieve the stated goal. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/57158 |
| Institution/Association: | Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics>Volume 42, Number 01, February 2010 |
| Total Pages: | 10 |
| From Page: | 133 |
| To Page: | 142 |
| Collections: | Volume 42, Number 01, February 2010
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