The article “An Econometric Analysis of Donations for Environmental Conservation in Canada” written by Steven T. Yen, Peter C. Boxali, and Wiktor L. A is a piece that looks at how government policy can effect donations towards environmental issues. The question behind this research is “how does the reduction of government funding to environmental conservation programs effect individual/organizational interest?”. This question was asked in response to multiple provincial governments in Canada deciding to do budget reforms and at the time in 1997 environmental concern wasn’t big of a priority when first moving into the twenty-first century.  Which lead these researchers to gather and use empirical data in order answer their question. The method the used to measure the changes from individuals and organizations is called a “double-hurdle econometric model” to chart out their findings. As for how they obtained their findings was through organizational data. This was done by asking multiple donation centers and environmental organizations about the records concerning donations received after the policy change. The article itself is well done and a good resource for how different governmental funding plans can alter peoples willingness to donate or join environmental organizations. It is a little on the older side being produced during 1997 but is well done so it becomes a resource and a marker for the years covered by the study. What I think others would find interesting about this piece is that the involvement of government policy and donations in Canada, these two things would seem to be distinct from one another but are actually deeply interconnected.

www.jstor.org.books.redlands.edu/stable/40986946