United States Department of Agriculture, National Wildlife Research Center: Symposia
Human Conflicts with Wildlife: 2002 Symposium
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Date of this Version
August 2000
Abstract
Public damage abatement and compensation programs may be used to alter private incentives for damage abatement and habitat provision. A model is developed that explains the economic logic behind prevalent characteristics of public wildlife damage programs. The model is supported with an examination of a broad cross-section of wildlife agency policy and law. The model can be used by wildlife managers and policy makers as a conceptual framework for understanding the incentive effects of compensation and abatement policy.