Pricing Biodiversity

Posted: 21 Feb 2000

See all articles by Claire A. Montgomery

Claire A. Montgomery

Oregon State University - Department of Forest Resources

Robert A. Pollak

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Kathryn Freemark

Environment Canada

Denis White

Corvallis, OR Office

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a management price framework to inform decision making directed at the land-management unit level when biodiversity is one of several land-management objectives. The management prices synthesize information about the production relationships that link the public goods aspects of biodiversity to land-management activities. High management prices indicate high marginal returns to conservation effort and, thus, suggest a basis for prioritizing conservation effort. We construct a case study for Monroe County, Pennsylvania to illustrate the concept of biodiversity management prices, to examine information needs, and to trace out a marginal cost curve for biodiversity.

JEL Classification: Q28, Q38

Suggested Citation

Montgomery, Claire A. and Pollak, Robert A. and Freemark, Kathryn and White, Denis, Pricing Biodiversity. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=184229

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