Biodiversity and geography

Michael Rauscher and Edward Barbier

No 79, Thuenen-Series of Applied Economic Theory from University of Rostock, Institute of Economics

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.

Keywords: biodiversity; new economic geography; agglomeration; species redundancy vs. endemism; environmental regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q56 Q57 Q58 R12 R14 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Journal Article: Biodiversity and geography (2010)
Working Paper: Biodiversity and Geography (2007)
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