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dc.contributor.authorEichner, Thomasen
dc.contributor.authorPethig, Rüdigeren
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-29T15:58:21Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-29T15:58:21Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/23295-
dc.description.abstractIn an integrated economy-ecosystem model humans choose their land use and leave the residual land as habitat for three species forming a food chain. The size of habitat determines the diversity and abundance of species. That biodiversity generates, in turn, a flow of ecosystem services with public-good characteristics for human consumption. The ecosystem submodel yields (rather than assumes!) population growth functions with each species' growth depending on the size of habitat. First the relationship between habitat and species growth (sustenance, decline and extinction) is explored. The laissez-faire economy is shown to result in an underprovision of habitat, making the case for land use restrictions for nature protection. The optimal land use policy is characterized with full regard of ecosystem dynamics. Finally, labor-augmenting technical change is introduced to generate ever increasing pressure towards further habitat reductions. In the laissez-faire economy the habitat is consequently squeezed to zero in the long-run so that all species are doomed. Social optimality demands, however, to refrain from using all land for economic purposes despite ever-growing labor productivity.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversität Siegen, Fakultät III, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsrecht |cSiegenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aVolkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge |x116-04en
dc.subject.jelQ24en
dc.subject.jelQ57en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordland useen
dc.subject.keywordecosystem dynamicsen
dc.subject.keywordbiodiversityen
dc.subject.keywordecosystem servicesen
dc.subject.stwBodennutzungen
dc.subject.stwBiodiversitäten
dc.subject.stwUmweltökonomiken
dc.subject.stwNaturschutzen
dc.subject.stwÖffentliches Guten
dc.subject.stwPareto-Optimumen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleEconomic Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Microfounded Species Dynamics-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn396482007en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:sie:siegen:116-04en

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