Detecting Trade Spikes Prior to Cites Listings in Reptile Species

Date

6-2025

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Jefferson A. Arapoc

Committee Member

Jaimie Kim B. Arias, Gideon P. Carnaje, Ma. Angeles O. Catelo

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Abstract

Wildlife trade, both legal and illegal, is a massive global market valued at trillions of dollars, while also significantly contributing to biodiversity loss, ecosystem service deterioration, and zoonotic disease spread through overexploitation. In battling this, monitoring, regulation, and long-term planning are crucial. This is generally done through the Convention on international Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) who enforce international trade bans on species through their appendix listing system. However, the objectives of these ban may be undermined by the existence of pre-listing trade spikes, hypothetically due to harvesters ramping up production in anticipation of the ban. Studies show that Reptile species experience negative effects from listing but have not casually identified pre-listing trade spikes. Through staggered differences-in-differences and robustness checks, this paper has found the existence of trade spikes prior to CITES listing to Appendix I in reptiles. The existence of this trade spike should inform future regulatory measures enacted on the Reptile species. However, definitively establishing the causal relationship of the listing to the trade spike requires more research, more granular data, and more sophisticated methods.

Language

English

LC Subject

Reptiles, Reptile trade

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2025 E2 H84

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