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The economics of 'cash for cane toads' – a textbook example of perverse incentives

Written by David Smerdon, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland

It is estimated there are now more than 200 million cane toads across Queensland and northern New South Wales. Shutterstock

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