RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Distance Friction and the Cost of Hunting in Tropical Forest
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 558
OP 574
DO 10.3368/le.89.3.558
VO 89
IS 3
A1 Sirén, Anders H.
A1 Cardenas, Juan-Camilo
A1 Hambäck, Peter
A1 Parvinen, Kalle
YR 2013
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/89/3/558.abstract
AB Empirical studies of tropical forest hunting have shown the existence of marked spatial gradients of hunting effort, game harvest, and animal abundance, as hunters mostly hunt near villages, roads, and rivers. The mechanisms underlying these patterns have, however, hitherto been poorly known. This article presents a spatial bioeconomic model based on the concept of distance friction, that is, an increasing marginal cost of distance. The model is validated by comparison with an economic field experiment with Amazonian hunters and with previous empirical data on hunting. (JEL Q57)