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Demand for Wildlife Hunting in British Columbia

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  • Lili Sun
  • G. Cornelis Van Kooten
  • Graham M. Voss

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We present estimates of the demand for hunting licenses by residents and nonresidents in British Columbia for the period 1971–2000. We obtain estimates of both short‐run and long‐run price elasticities and discuss their revenue implications for future fee increases. We find the demand by nonresidents to be strongly correlated with U.S. income variation over the business cycle, but find no such role for cyclical income variation for resident hunters. The ability of the government to increase revenues from resident hunters turns out to be limited, particularly in the long run, while greater opportunities exist for raising revenues from U.S. hunters as short‐ and long‐run price elasticities of demand are quite inelastic. We argue that conservation surcharges on foreign hunters are one way of capturing more of the resource rent. Nous analysons la demande de permis de chasse par les résidants et les non‐résidants de Colombie‐Britannique pour la période 1971–2000. Nous présentons des élasticités de court terme et de long terme que nous utilisons ensuite pour évaluer l'effet d'augmenter le coût des permis sur les revenus générés par la vente de ces permis. La demande des non‐résidants est fortement corrélée aux fluctuations des revenus américains, mais les variations cycliques du revenu n'ont pas la même incidence sur la demande des chasseurs locaux. La capacité du gouvernement d'augmenter ses revenus en augmentant les coûts des permis des chasseurs locaux est restreinte, surtout à long terme. Ce constat ne s'applique pas aux chasseurs américains puisque leur demande de permis est inélastique, à court terme comme à long terme. Des frais supplémentaires de conservation imposés aux chasseurs étrangers permettraient au gouvernement de s'accaparer une part plus importante de la rente associée à la ressource.

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  • Lili Sun & G. Cornelis Van Kooten & Graham M. Voss, 2005. "Demand for Wildlife Hunting in British Columbia," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 53(1), pages 25-46, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:canjag:v:53:y:2005:i:1:p:25-46
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2005.00370.x
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    • Q21 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
    • Q26 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Recreational Aspects of Natural Resources
    • Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy

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