poaching has not subsided. The paper suggests two additional measures that might help ameliorate the situation—eliminating the …

In this paper an econometric model is used to describe consumer demand for ivory and rhino horn in Japan, using the … Hendry research methodology. The demand for ivory in Japan, a final consumer, was found to be primarily income-led, with an … elasticity of 0.75. International trade restrictions have had a profound effect on the ivory market since 1985. The data for …

Ivory poaching and trading in central and eastern Africa has recently received a lot of attention. On the one hand … is a relatively minor actor in poaching – it can by far not explain the strong intensification of elephant poaching in … the LRA in ivory poaching are useful in bringing attention to the poaching problem, the strict attention to the LRA is not …

wildlife smuggling by drawing on inspection and interdiction data from USDA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and existing … economic literature. Findings reveal that agricultural and wildlife smuggling primarily include luxury goods, ethnic foods, and … specialty goods, such as traditional medicines. Incidents of detected smuggling are disproportionately higher for agricultural …

international price differences that encourage the smuggling of goods across borders. This article presents an equilibrium model of … smuggling where the supply and demand for smuggled goods depend on interregional price disparities in the presence of a trade … ban. In this model, smuggling is more prevalent when demand and supply among trade partners is more inelastic or when …