Economic growth and trend changes in wildlife hunting

Petty-Clark’s law suggests that as the economy of a country develops, its proportion of primary industries declines while those of its secondary and tertiary industries increase.  Traditionally, hunting has played a crucial role in a country’s food supply; however, currently, it is increasingly view...

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Main Author: Yukichika KAWATA
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Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2011-06-01
Series:Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/14635
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description Petty-Clark’s law suggests that as the economy of a country develops, its proportion of primary industries declines while those of its secondary and tertiary industries increase.  Traditionally, hunting has played a crucial role in a country’s food supply; however, currently, it is increasingly viewed as a leisure activity. This paper empirically examines whether Petty-Clark’s law holds in case of hunting in European countries.  The results reveal that the proportion of hunters across countries increases when the per capita GDP is between 5,000 and 15,000 USD. Once the per capita GDP crosses the 15,000 USD mark, two major trends are detected: the number of hunters continues to increase in some countries but decreases in some other countries. Finally, the number of hunters in a country stabilizes when its per capita GDP reaches around 25,000 to 30,000 USD.
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spelling doaj-art-8c6a28ca9e7946c28b01c7fd4581ade32025-08-20T03:02:26ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Agriculturae Slovenica1854-19412011-06-0197211512310.14720/aas.2011.97.2.1463521027Economic growth and trend changes in wildlife huntingYukichika KAWATA0Department of Animal and Food Hygiene, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, JapanPetty-Clark’s law suggests that as the economy of a country develops, its proportion of primary industries declines while those of its secondary and tertiary industries increase.  Traditionally, hunting has played a crucial role in a country’s food supply; however, currently, it is increasingly viewed as a leisure activity. This paper empirically examines whether Petty-Clark’s law holds in case of hunting in European countries.  The results reveal that the proportion of hunters across countries increases when the per capita GDP is between 5,000 and 15,000 USD. Once the per capita GDP crosses the 15,000 USD mark, two major trends are detected: the number of hunters continues to increase in some countries but decreases in some other countries. Finally, the number of hunters in a country stabilizes when its per capita GDP reaches around 25,000 to 30,000 USD.https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/14635huntingeconomic growthpetty-clark’s law
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Economic growth and trend changes in wildlife hunting
Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
hunting
economic growth
petty-clark’s law
title Economic growth and trend changes in wildlife hunting
title_full Economic growth and trend changes in wildlife hunting
title_fullStr Economic growth and trend changes in wildlife hunting
title_full_unstemmed Economic growth and trend changes in wildlife hunting
title_short Economic growth and trend changes in wildlife hunting
title_sort economic growth and trend changes in wildlife hunting
topic hunting
economic growth
petty-clark’s law
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