Banking on extinction: Endangered species and speculation

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 180-192

  Mason, Charles F ^a   Bulte, Erwin H ^b,c   Horan, Richard D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Hoarding; Rhino horn; Storage

Indexed keywords

DISCOUNT RATE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INCOME; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

AGONIDAE;

EID: 84867299662     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grs006     Document Type: Article

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