We study two issues relating to the conduct of environmental policy in developing countries (DCs). First, when faced with a self-financing constraint, should an environmental authority (EA) raise/lower pollution taxes over time or should it run a deficit/surplus? Second, given recent findings...

Small farmers in many tropical developing countries practice swidden agriculture. A key aspect of swidden agriculture is the time period during which the land is left fallow. This paper uses a new ecological-economic approach to study the fallow period and to determine the optimal length of this...

Our paper analyzes aquatic ecological-economic systems such as the Chesapeake Bay. The stability of such ecological-economic systems is contingent on the successful functioning of a small number of generalist species in a broad range of economic and ecological conditions. We first delineate the...

Our paper analyzes aquatic ecological-economic systems such as the Chesapeake Bay. The stability of such ecological-economic systems is contingent on the successful functioning of a small number of generalist species in a broad range of economic and ecological conditions. We first delineate the...

We first examine the literature pertaining to the protection of the modern sector in developing countries (DCs). We then discuss the nexuses between protection, economic dualism, and optimal environmental policy in DCs. Next, we build a dynamic model of the environmental policy formulation...

We provide a political-economy analysis of crime prevention in an arbitrary city in the United States. City residents (voters) elect mayors (politicians) and elected mayors determine the resources to be allocated to crime prevention. Between the two time periods, there is an election....

A key goal of renewable resource managers in developing countries is to take actions to ensure that the resource being managed stays away from irreversible or crisis states in which it provides neither consumptive nor non-consumptive services to humans. However, despite a manager's best efforts,...

We analyze the problem of preventing biological invasions caused by ships transporting internationally traded goods between countries and continents. Specifically, we ask the following question: Should a port manager have a small number of inspectors inspect arriving ships less stringently or...

We propose and develop a new framework for studying the problem of preventing biological invasions caused by ships transporting internationally traded goods between countries and continents. Specifically, we apply the methods of queuing theory to analyze the problem of preventing a biological...

Recently, Batabyal (2003) has suggested an unconventional population control policy that is sensitive to the cultural desire for male progeny in many Asian nations. Although Batabyal's (2003) suggested policy is culturally sensitive, a potential difficulty with this policy is that the total size...