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Biodiversity and Geography


Michael Rauscher


University of Rostock - Department of Economics; University of Rostock - Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Social Sciences; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)

Edward B. Barbier


University of Wyoming - College of Business - Department of Economics and Finance
June 2007

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2022

Abstract:     
The paper combines an economic-geography model of agglomeration and periphery with a model of species diversity and looks at optimal policies of biodiversity conservation. The subject of the paper is natural biodiversity, which is inevitably impaired by anthropogenic impact. Thus, the economic and the ecological system compete for space and the question arises as to how this conflict should be resolved. The decisive parameters of the model are related to biological diversity (endemism vs. redundancy of species) and the patterns of economic geography (centrifugal and centripetal forces). As regards the choice of environmental-policy instruments, it is shown that Pigouvian taxes do not always establish the optimal allocation.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 33

Keywords: biodiversity, new economic geography, agglomeration, species redundancy vs. endemism, environmental regulation

JEL Classification: Q56, Q57, Q58, R12, R14, R23

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Date posted: June 25, 2007  

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Rauscher, Michael and Barbier, Edward B., Biodiversity and Geography (June 2007). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2022. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=995419

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Michael Rauscher (Contact Author)
University of Rostock - Department of Economics ( email )
Ulmenstr. 69
Rostock, 18057
Germany
HOME PAGE: http://www.wiwi.uni-rostock.de/vwl
University of Rostock - Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Social Sciences ( email )
Ulmenstr. 69
Rostock, 18057
Germany
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
Poschinger Str. 5
Munich, DE-81679
Germany

Edward B. Barbier
University of Wyoming - College of Business - Department of Economics and Finance ( email )
Dept. 3985
COB, 1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
United States
307-766-2358 (Phone)
307-766-5090 (Fax)
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