Protecting endangered species in the United States
Subtitle: biological needs, political realities, economic choices
By: edited by Jason F. Shogren, John Tschirhart.
Contributors: Shogren, Jason F.; Tschirhart, John.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9780521662109
Subjects: Endangered species -- United States; Nature conservation -- Political aspects -- United States; Nature conservation -- Economic aspects -- United States
Description: This collection of original essays by economists, biologists and political scientists has a common theme: that protecting species at risk while safeguarding social order is a policy challenge that entangles biology, politics, and economics. Nearly 1200 species are now listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973; only twelve have been removed from the list. Attempts at species recovery on public and private property lead the authors to examine the political realities that define the debate: who should pay the costs and receive the benefits, and how interest group behavior affects the nature of endangered species protection. Although the ESA directs administrative agencies to list and protect species following scientific priorities, the collection addresses the economic choices that still must be confronted. These range from the protection potential of private markets to the design of incentive schemes to encourage conservation by private landowners
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of endangered species protection -- Gregory D. Hayward, -- Jason F. Shogren, -- John Tschirhart; title: Endangered thought, political animals -- Boyd Gibbons; title: A market solution for preserving biodiversity: the black rhino -- Gardner Brown, -- David F. Layton; title: Extinction, recovery, and the Endangered Species Act -- Steven R. Beissinger, -- John D. Perrine; title: Some economic questions about the biology of biodiversity protection: comments on Gibbons, Brown and Layton, and Beissinger and Perrine -- Thomas D. Crocker; title: Interest group behavior and endangered species protection -- Amy Whritenour Ando; title: Beyond cute and fuzzy: science and politics in the U.S. Endangered Species Act -- David W. Cash; title: Community politics and endangered species protection -- Stephen M. Meyer; title: On political realities: comments on Ando, Cash, and Meyer -- Clifford Nowell; title: The Endangered Species Act and critical habitat designation: economic consequences for the Colorado River basin -- Gary Watts ... -- ... [et al.]; title: The revealed demand for a public good: evidence from endangered and threatened species -- Don L. Coursey; title: The ESA through coase-colored glasses -- Terry L. Anderson; title: On current approaches to ESA analysis: comments on Watts et al., Coursey, and Anderson -- John B. Loomis; title: The economics of "takings" in a multiparcel model with a powerful government -- Robert Innes; title: Investment, information collection, and endangered species conservation on private land -- Stephen Polasky; title: Protecting species on private land -- Rodney B.W. Smith, -- Jason F. Shogren; title: Compensation for takings under the ESA: how much is too much? A comment -- Rob Godby; title: Why economics matters for endangered species protection and the ESA -- Jason F. Shogren, -- John Tschirhart.; title: DEMES: database on the economics and management of endangered species-- David W. Cash ...-- [et al.].