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A Gravity Model to Explain Flows of Wild Edible Mushroom Picking. A Panel Data Analysis

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  • de Frutos, Pablo
  • Rodriguez-Prado, Beatriz
  • Latorre, Joaquín
  • Martinez-Peña, Fernando

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Picking wild edible mushrooms is becomingly an increasingly widespread activity. Recent research is reporting a change in the way pickers access this resource, particularly in the more developed countries. The latest studies focus on exploring the demand functions of harvesting, with the emphasis shifting away from analyses that address the issue from a commercial standpoint. Yet these studies fail to deal with the topic from a global perspective and provide only partial information that is felt to be insufficient when attempting to manage the resource efficiently. The present work seeks to provide an approach to the problem by applying, for the first time, a gravity model to study the system governing the sale of harvesting permits (www.micocyl.es, Castilla y León-Spain). The main advantage of this application is that, for the first time, three-dimensional panel data are used to link economic variables to climate variables and their interaction to the supply and demand of picking permits. Results show that the method provides key management information. Managing the picking of wild edible mushrooms should aim to focus more on handling the tourist flows it generates.

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  • de Frutos, Pablo & Rodriguez-Prado, Beatriz & Latorre, Joaquín & Martinez-Peña, Fernando, 2017. "A Gravity Model to Explain Flows of Wild Edible Mushroom Picking. A Panel Data Analysis," MPRA Paper 123054, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 17 Sep 2018.
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    Keywords

    Wild Edible Mushroom; Management; Gravity Mode;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q0 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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