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Inserting Ecological Detail into Economic Analysis: Agricultural Nutrient Loading of an Estuary Fishery

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  • David Finnoff

    (Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming, 3985, Laramie, WY 82071, USA)

  • John Tschirhart

    (Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming, 3985, Laramie, WY 82071, USA)

Abstract

Linked general equilibrium economic and ecological models are connected through agricultural runoff and the fisheries. They are applied to a North Carolina estuary in which agricultural runoff alters phytoplankton densities and the resulting hypoxia leads to diminished fisheries. The effects of hypoxia on multiple species across space are analyzed and the joint economic and ecosystem wide response to a policy of reduced runoff is quantified. The approach provides an assessment of changes in ecological welfare (in terms of species populations) and economic welfare (in terms of equivalent variations) following reductions in runoff.

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  • David Finnoff & John Tschirhart, 2011. "Inserting Ecological Detail into Economic Analysis: Agricultural Nutrient Loading of an Estuary Fishery," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 3(10), pages 1-35, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:3:y:2011:i:10:p:1688-1722:d:14220
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    1. Cordier, Mateo & Uehara, Takuro & Weih, Jeffrey & Hamaide, Bertrand, 2017. "An Input-output Economic Model Integrated Within a System Dynamics Ecological Model: Feedback Loop Methodology Applied to Fish Nursery Restoration," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 140(C), pages 46-57.
    2. Mateo Cordier & Takuro Uehara & Jeffrey Weih & Bertrand Hamaide, 2017. "An Input-output Economic Model Integrated Within a System Dynamics Ecological Model: Feedback Loop Methodology Applied to Fish Nursery Restoration," Post-Print hal-04166569, HAL.
    3. John Tschirhart, 2012. "Biology as a Source of Non-convexities in Ecological Production Functions," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 51(2), pages 189-213, February.
    4. H. Spencer Banzhaf & James Boyd, 2012. "The Architecture and Measurement of an Ecosystem Services Index," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 4(4), pages 1-32, March.
    5. Brockmann, Stephanie & Finnoff, David C. & Mason, Doran M. & Rutherford, Edward S. & Zhang, Hongyan, 2024. "Consequences of ecological aggregation in general equilibrium analysis of perturbed ecosystems," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 218(C).
    6. Ronan Congar & Louis Hotte, 2021. "Open Access Versus Restricted Access in a General Equilibrium with Mobile Capital," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 78(3), pages 521-544, March.
    7. Dale T. Manning & J. Edward Taylor & James E. Wilen, 2018. "General Equilibrium Tragedy of the Commons," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 69(1), pages 75-101, January.
    8. Kroetz, Kailin & Kuwayama, Yusuke & Vexler, Caroline, 2019. "What is a Fish Out of Water? The Economics Behind the Joint Management of Water Resources and Aquatic Species in the United States," RFF Working Paper Series 19-09, Resources for the Future.

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