The Effect of Chronic Wasting Disease on Resident Deer Hunting Permit Demand in Wisconsin.

ABSTRACT: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has had a negative impact on deer license demand in Wisconsin since it was first found in the state in 2002. Prior work evaluates the effect of CWD on hunting permit sales, but only in the period immediately after the disease was discovered. We use data on hunting permit sales, permit price, and other demand shifters to estimate a model of deer permit demand for the period 1966-2015. We use the estimated model to quantify the effect of CWD on (1) hunter demand for deer permits; (2) hunter surplus from hunting; and (3) lost hunting permit revenues. Hunter participation declined by 5.4% after CWD was detected in 2002. Hunter surplus decreased by $96 million over this period, while permit revenues declined by nearly $17 million. The effect of CWD was greater on d

SUBMITTER: Erickson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6941111 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature