PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Zipp, Katherine Y.
AU  - Lewis, David J.
AU  - Provencher, Bill
AU  - Zanden, M. Jake Vander
TI  - The Spatial Dynamics of the Economic Impacts of an Aquatic Invasive Species: An Empirical Analysis
AID  - 10.3368/le.95.1.1
DP  - 2019 Feb 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 1--18
VI  - 95
IP  - 1
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/95/1/1.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/95/1/1.full
SO  - Land Econ2019 Feb 01; 95
AB  - This paper examines how the economic loss from an aquatic species invasion of a freshwater lake is allocated between users of the lake itself (own-lake effect) and users of neighboring lakes that become invaded because the lake is a new source of the invader (spillover effect). The empirical application concerns the Eurasian watermilfoil invasion in the lake-rich landscape of northern Wisconsin. Results suggest that coordinated management across lakes provides its highest economic value in the early years of an invasion, before high-value, high-traffic lakes are invaded, and drops quickly once the invasion claims these lakes. (JEL Q51, Q57)