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Pastoralist economic behavior: Empirical results from reindeer herders in northern Sweden

Bostedt, G

Sammanfattning

This paper presents a model of pastoralists, as illustrated by reindeer herders, together with an analysis based on a cross-sectional data set on Swedish reindeer herding Saami. The intrinsic utility of being an active reindeer herder plays an important role in determining supply. Results show this can lead to unconventional supply responses among pastoralists, and suggest that the probability of a backward bending supply response increases with stock size. Further analyses confirm that reindeer herders with backward-bending supply curves have significantly larger herds than herders with conventional supply responses. Relaxed externalities from forestry would cause most herders to increase their slaughter

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Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
2005, Volym: 30, nummer: 2, sidor: 381-396
Utgivare: WESTERN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOC

    UKÄ forskningsämne

    Ekonomi och näringsliv
    Skogsvetenskap
    Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap

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