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PUBLIC CHOICE
Volume 140, Issue 1-2, Pages 21-42Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9409-z
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Endangered Species Act listings; League of Conservation Voters' environmental scores; NatureServe at-risk assessment; Count data analysis; US House of Representatives; US Senate; US Fish & Wildlife Service
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We use count data analysis to examine the influence that a state's congressional subcommittee representation (with oversight of the US Fish and Wildlife Service) has on the number of species that are added to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) list in each state each year (1973-2004). Explanatory variables include: (1) ecological-species type, NatureServe's at-risk assessment, federal land area, rainfall, and coastal location; (2) demographic-population density, hunting/fishing participation, and farming area; (3) political-League of Conservation Voters' environmental scores and party affiliation. Pro-environment (pro-development) representatives appear to have increased (reduced) ESA listings in their states.
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