An evaluation of the relationship between Nongame wildlife use and donation to Nongame tax checkoffs

Bibliographic Data

ID12163224
AuthorsRobert L Johnson (0000-0002-5938-012X), Rebecca L Johnson (0000-0002-8771-6161, Oregon State University, corresponding author), Michael J Manfredo (0000-0002-4369-7579, Colorado State University)
Year1989
Volume2
Issue1
Pages345-352
Publication date1989-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociety & Natural Resources (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08941928909380697
OpenAlexW2095375686
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

Funding nongame wildlife programs has been a problem for many state agencies. One alternative that has been developed is the income tax checkoff. Nongame tax checkoffs offer advantages and disadvantages compared to other funding mechanisms. The tax checkoff provides a mechanism for voluntary contribution from people who are not direct users of the wildlife but who may have nonuser benefits such as existence values. Because even the direct users of a program cannot easily be excluded from the benefits, however, the tax checkoff may encourage free rider behavior. This study investigated the Oregon nongame tax checkoff for the presence of these types of donation behaviors. Twenty‐six percent of the taxpayers with refunds were users of nongame who did not donate. On the other hand, 3.8 percent were nonusers who did donate; these made up 60.4 percent of all those who donated. Keywords: nongametax checkoffnonuser benefitsfree ridersfunding

Business · Donation · Economic growth · Economics · Income tax · Public economics · Wildlife · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Ecology

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