Wildlife in the Marketplace

Terry L. Anderson is Professor of Economics at Montana State University and Executive Director of the Political Economy Research Center. Peter J. Hill is Professor of Economics at Wheaton College. Among their many publications is The Political Economy of the American West co-edited for Rowman & Littlefield (1994).

• Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Economic Organization of Wildlife Institutions Chapter 3 In the Interests of Wildlife: Overcoming the Tradition of Public Rights Chapter 4 The Economics of Fatal Mechanism for Preserving Endangered Predators Chapter 5 Strategic Pricing in the Fur Trade: The Hudson's Bay Company/ 1700-1763 Chapter 6 The Economics of Elk Management Chapter 7 A New Paradigm in Wildlife Conservation: Using Markets to Produce Big Game Hunting Chapter 8 The Capitalist Tool: Wildlife Management in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains Chapter 9 Who Owns the Elephants? The Political Economy of Saving the African Elephant Chapter 10 Property Rights Contracting and the Commercialization of Biodiversity

Extremely relevant to current policy debates in Congress. -- Jonathan H. Adler, Competitive Enterprise Institute ... is a scientific, highly readable, and thoughtful assessment of wildlife management policies in the National Park System. Forum For Applied Research and Public Policy Compelling case studies that prove why property rights and markets promote successful wildlife conservation policies ... -- Tom Bourland, ACF, CWB, Forestry and Wildlife Consultant Wildlife in the Marketplace offers valuable suggestions on how commercialization and private ownership can supplement current species-protection efforts. The book captures the essence of a major trend in wildlife conservation. Anderson and Hill present the data and thoughts from people shaping the future marketplace for wildlife conservation. -- Hal Salwasser, University of Montana In the management of any resource, we must not ignore the strengths and weaknesses of markets and property rights as motivators of appropriate behavior. This volume provides some good scholarship on this topic. -- Charles W. Howe, Director, Environment & Behavior Program/IBS, University of Colorado at Boulder This book should stimulate professional and academic wildlife and conservation biologists to explore ways to transform wildlife on privately held lands from liability to asset ... Wildlife conservationists should read this book. CHOICE