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Econonmic Outlook For 1976, Gene E. Murra
Federal Outlays In South Dakota, Robert J. Antonides, Linda A. Jensen
Federal Outlays In South Dakota, Robert J. Antonides, Linda A. Jensen
Economics Commentator
No abstract provided.
Some Economics Effects From Recreational Uses Of The Missouri River Reservoirs (Part 2), Robert L. Vertrees
Some Economics Effects From Recreational Uses Of The Missouri River Reservoirs (Part 2), Robert L. Vertrees
Economics Commentator
No abstract provided.
Some Economics Effects From Recreational Uses Of The Missouri River Reservoirs (Part 1), Robert L. Vertrees
Some Economics Effects From Recreational Uses Of The Missouri River Reservoirs (Part 1), Robert L. Vertrees
Economics Commentator
No abstract provided.
What Is Parity?, Arthur B. Sogn
Growth Of South Dakota Retail Sales And Use Tax Revenues, Gordon V. Karels
Growth Of South Dakota Retail Sales And Use Tax Revenues, Gordon V. Karels
Economics Commentator
No abstract provided.
The Consumer Price Index, Robert J. Antonides
The Consumer Price Index, Robert J. Antonides
Economics Commentator
No abstract provided.
Toward Understanding Our Economy Making Use Of Price And "Outlook" Information, Robert J. Antonides
Toward Understanding Our Economy Making Use Of Price And "Outlook" Information, Robert J. Antonides
Economics Commentator
No abstract provided.
Economic Education In Public Schools, William E. Kamps
Economic Education In Public Schools, William E. Kamps
Economics Commentator
No abstract provided.
Recession, Inflation And Income In South Dakota, 1975, Robert E. Olson
Recession, Inflation And Income In South Dakota, 1975, Robert E. Olson
Economics Commentator
No abstract provided.
The Primitive Hunter Culture, Pleistocene Extinction, And The Rise Of Agriculture, Vernon L. Smith
The Primitive Hunter Culture, Pleistocene Extinction, And The Rise Of Agriculture, Vernon L. Smith
Economics Faculty Articles and Research
The hypothesis that megafauna extinction some 10,000 years ago was due to "overkill" by Paleolithic hunters is examined using an economic model of a replenishable resource. The large herding animals that became extinct, such as mammoth, bison, camel, and mastodon, presented low hunting cost and high kill value. The absence of appropriation provided incentives for the wastage killing evident in some kill sites, while the slow growth, long lives, and long maturation of large animals increased their vulnerability to extinction. Free-access hunting is compared with socially optimal hunting and used to interpret the development of conservationist ethics, and controls, in …