“Beggar thy Neighbor:” Testing for Free Riding in State-Level Endangered Species Expenditures |
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Authors: | List John A. Bulte Erwin H. Shogren Jason F. |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Ag. + Economics, University of, Maryland, MD, 20742-5535, College Park, U.S.A. 2. Department of Economics, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, The Netherlands 3. Department of Finance, University of Wyoming, 20742, U.S.A
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Abstract: | An important public policy question that remains unresolved iswhether devolution will enhance sensible policy making byexploiting informational asymmetries or, instead, trigger a``beggar thy neighbor'' response and stimulate free ridingamongst localities. We analyze this question within theframework of U.S. environmental policymaking by scrutinizing aunique panel data set on state-level endangered speciesexpenditure patterns. Our empirical estimates are consistentwith the notion that states free ride, which may lead to anexpenditure equilibrium that is not Pareto efficient. |
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