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Spatial Bioinvasion Externalities with Heterogeneous Landowner Preferences: A Two-Agent Bioeconomic Model

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  • Shady S. Atallah

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Preference heterogeneity among landowners managing transboundary resources can determine the production of externalities across their lands. I test this hypothesis in the context of an invasive species affecting two forest landowners, where one values their property for recreation and the other produces timber. Using a spatially explicit first-mover repeated game, I find that the social cost of the externality is greatest when a bioinvasion starts on the recreation property. Except for species with fast long-distance dispersal, the optimal subsidy is nonuniform, targeting the landowner who acts as the weaker link, regardless of where a bioinvasion starts.

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  • Shady S. Atallah, 2025. "Spatial Bioinvasion Externalities with Heterogeneous Landowner Preferences: A Two-Agent Bioeconomic Model," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 101(2), pages 262-283.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v101:y:2025:i:2:p:262-283
    Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.101.2.112024-0209
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    JEL classification:

    • Q23 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Forestry
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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