The Ultimate Resource is Peaking
Charles Kenny January 27, 2023To extend our two-century era of comparatively rapid progress, we need radically reduced discrimination in the global opportunity to innovate.
Academic Papers
PERC scholars regularly publish academic papers on market-based approaches to environmental conservation. These abstracts showcase research done at PERC or as part of PERC fellowships.
Opening the Range: Reforms to Allow Markets for Voluntary Conservation on Federal Grazing Lands
Shawn Regan, Temple Stoellinger, Jonathan Wood September 19, 2022"Use it or lose it" requirements can exacerbate conflict by giving ranchers and conservation interests no alternative to political, legal, or administrative conflict.
The Role of Private Lands in Conserving Yellowstone’s Wildlife in the Twenty-First Century
Arthur Middleton, Temple Stoellinger, Drew Bennett, Travis Brammer, Laura Gigliotti, Hilary Byerly Flint, Samantha M Maher, Bryan Leonard August 3, 2022This paper identifies the necessary conditions for a successful expansion of private-lands conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Financing Outdoor Recreation
July 21, 2022This special issue of the journal Land Economics is the result of a 2019 workshop hosted by PERC that explored a range of outdoor recreation issues with a specific focus on funding.
Reconnecting Stranded Public Lands is a Win-Win for Conservation and People
Bryan Leonard, Andrew Plantinga, Claire Powers, Ashley Larsen April 26, 2022Opportunities exist to develop conservation reserve networks in the western US that account for landscape connectivity and that benefit both private landowners and biodiversity conservation efforts through land trades and acquisitions.
The Distributional Outcomes of Rights-Based Management in Fisheries
Bryan Leonard, Josh Abbott, Brian Garber-Yonts January 19, 2022This paper provides a fishery-wide accounting of returns to these diverse stakeholder groups at the vessel level.
High West Meets American Prairie
Laura Huggins, Jennifer Morales December 16, 2021The collaboration between High West and APR provides an example of an innovative partnership that leverages shared values and culture to benefit both organizations and help preserve an at-risk ecosystem.
Stranded Land Constrains Public Land Management and Contributes to Larger Fires
Bryan Leonard, Andrew Plantinga, Matthew Wibbenmeyer November 5, 2021Wildfire prevention and suppression could be bolstered by improved access to public lands.
Do Environmental Markets Improve on Open Access? Evidence from California Groundwater Rights
Andrew B. Ayres, Kyle C. Meng, Andrew Plantinga September 10, 2021Abstract Environmental markets are widely prescribed as an alternative to open access regimes for natural resources. We develop a model of dynamic groundwater extraction to…
Efficiency Implications of Trading in a Bifurcated Market
James Griffin September 10, 2021An analysis of the frequency of trading and the causes of price dispersion for short-term water leases in the Edwards Aquifer in Texas.