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Preserving Biodiversity: Ambiguity and Safety Rules

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  • Giannis Vardas

    (Department of Economics, University of Crete)

  • Anastasios Xepapadeas

    (Department of Economics, University of Crete)

Abstract

Safety rules are developed, for biodiversity preservation. These rules are designed to take into account the impact of uncertainty and worst case scenarios, which when combined with unregulated ecosystem management decisions, might produce extinction of species. The safety rules take the form of fixed land allocation and fixed harvesting rules under uncertainty. We explore how model uncertainty affects these safety rules relative to the classic risk aversion case and how a measure of precaution against worst case scenarios can be formulated.

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  • Giannis Vardas & Anastasios Xepapadeas, 2006. "Preserving Biodiversity: Ambiguity and Safety Rules," Working Papers 0607, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Biodiversity Preservation; Model Uncertainty; Safety Rules;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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