The ivory trade ban: Is it effective?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-155

  Khanna, Jyoti ^a   Harford, Jon ^b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Enforcement; Incentives; Ivory trade; Suboptimality

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVENESS; ELEPHANT; IVORY TRADE; TRADE EMBARGO; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 0030274288     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(96)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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