Allocating Conservation Resources Under The Endangered Species Act
研究了美国《濒危物种法案》下恢复资金的分配方式，比较了不同优先级排序的效果，发现当前分配的不一致性并未显著降低保护支出的有效性，且不同政策目标间存在约2:1的权衡。
Abstract We explore the allocation of recovery funds to species listed under the Endangered Species Act. We simulate outcomes from allocations based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's priority rankings and on rankings used in U.S. states' Wildlife Action Plans developed under the Congressional Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program. We find that these criteria yield modest improvements over the FWS's current allocations and that documented inconsistencies in these allocations do not have a detrimental impact on the effectiveness of conservation spending. We also find that alternative policy goals—promoting recovery or preventing extinction—imply a tradeoff between increasing the number of Improving species and reducing the number of Extinct species of roughly 2:1.