An economic analysis of resident firearms deer hunting in Arizona

Published in 1972

This study estimates the value of the resident firearms deer hunting resource in Arizona. The resource is evaluated by both the consumers' surplus and nondiscriminating monopolist methods. This study and the analysis are a distinct departure from the gross expenditures method of analysis. The primary objective was to obtain values for the resource by using secondary data collected by the Arizona Game and Fish Department in a theoretical framework which is consistent with current economic thought.

Demand analysis was applied to the data in order to accomplish the specified objectives. The end result of the analysis is. values for this particular type of resource use in Arizona. The empirical investigation and end results did in fact substantiate the premise that the secondary data are sufficient to evaluate the deer hunting resource in Arizona by accepted economic methods.

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