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Pastoralist Economic Behavior: Empirical Results from Reindeer Herders in Northern Sweden

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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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  • Bostedt, Goran, 2005. "Pastoralist Economic Behavior: Empirical Results from Reindeer Herders in Northern Sweden," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 30(2), pages 1-16, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlaare:31209
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.31209
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    1. Leo Dana & Jan Age Riseth, 2011. "Reindeer Herders in Finland: Pulled to Community-based Entrepreneurship & Pushed to Individualistic Firms'," ERSA conference papers ersa10p1448, European Regional Science Association.
    2. Irmelin Slettemoen Helgesen & Anne Borge Johannesen, 2023. "Climate change and reindeer herding – a bioeconomic model on the economic implications for Saami reindeer herders in Sweden and Norway," Working Paper Series 19723, Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
    3. Helgesen, Irmelin Slettemoen & Johannesen, Anne Borge & Bostedt, Göran & Sandorf, Erlend Dancke, 2024. "Climate change and reindeer herding – A bioeconomic model on the impact of climate change on harvesting profits for Saami reindeer herders in Norway and Sweden," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 223(C).
    4. Sandstrom, Camilla & Widmark, Camilla, 2007. "Stakeholders' perceptions of consultations as tools for co-management -- A case study of the forestry and reindeer herding sectors in northern Sweden," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 10(1-2), pages 25-35, December.

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