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The effects of shifting preferences and forest fragmentation on nonindustrial forest landowner behavior: evidence from the South

Conway, M. C., G. S. Amacher, and J. Sullivan

The study was undertaken in response to a prediction by the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) that current harvest levels cannot be sustained into the future given an increasing growth to removal insufficiency throughout the state of Virginia. The purpose of the study is to determine how market signals, land and owner characteristics, and owner preferences affect landowners' decisions concerning their forest land. Recent literature has focussed on the central determinants of harvesting and reforestation behavior. However, this study extends the literature by including bequest and debt decisions that are also essential in explaining the changing forest sector. Particular emphasis is placed on the effects of absenteeism and land fragmentation on landowner behavior. Such information in important for targeting policies that will successfully maintain commercial timber levels throughout the state.

Fiscal Year: fy00 ·  Problem Area: pa98-4 ·  Theme: cctrgnas ·  Source: resunit   <== Explain

Conway, M. C., G. S. Amacher, and J. Sullivan. 2000. Pages 144-In: Munn, I. A., S. H. Bullard, S. C. Grado, and D. L. Grebner. Mississippi State University,Starkville, MS. Proceedings of the 1999 Southern Forest Economics Workshop. 4/18/1999.

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