The regulation of hunting: a game population based tax on hunters

TY - JOUR

T1 - The regulation of hunting

T2 - a game population based tax on hunters

AU - Abildtrup, Jens

AU - Jensen, Frank

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - This paper examines a tax/subsidy on hunters based on game population. The tax/subsidy is the difference between actual and optimal population multiplied by an individual, variable tax rate. The tax rate is, among other things, based on the difference between the marginal value of the game population to the hunter and the regulator and differences in user costs of the population. The paper shows that the population tax/subsidy secures a first-best optimum.

AB - This paper examines a tax/subsidy on hunters based on game population. The tax/subsidy is the difference between actual and optimal population multiplied by an individual, variable tax rate. The tax rate is, among other things, based on the difference between the marginal value of the game population to the hunter and the regulator and differences in user costs of the population. The paper shows that the population tax/subsidy secures a first-best optimum.

U2 - 10.4074/S1966960714013010

DO - 10.4074/S1966960714013010

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1966-9607

VL - 95

SP - 281

EP - 298

JO - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement

JF - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement

IS - 03

ER -