The Price Elasticity of African Elephant Poaching

The Price Elasticity of African Elephant Poaching

The objective of this paper is to provide an estimate of the elasticity of elephant poaching with respect to prices. Ivory being a storable commodity subjects its price to Hotelling’s no-arbitrage condition, hence allowing identification of the supply curve. The price of gold, one of many commod...

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Main Authors: Do, Quy-Toan, Levchenko, Andrei A., Ma, Lin, Blanc, Julian, Dublin, Holly, Milliken, Tom
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
ELEPHANTS
IVORY PRICE
POACHING
PRICE ELASTICITY
STORAGE
CONSERVATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/358291518460602605/The-price-elasticity-of-African-elephant-poaching
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29369

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/358291518460602605/The-price-elasticity-of-African-elephant-poaching
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29369

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