Reindeer husbandry, the Swedish market for reindeer meat, and the Chernobyl effects
Reindeer husbandry is a cornerstone in the culture of the Sami, northern Scandinavia's indigenous people. This paper presents a dynamic, theoretical model of the Swedish reindeer husbandry and the market for reindeer meat, as well as econometric results based on three-stage least squares regres...
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ftagecon:oai:ageconsearch.umn.edu:181437 2023-05-15T18:06:14+02:00 Reindeer husbandry, the Swedish market for reindeer meat, and the Chernobyl effects Bostedt, Goran 2001-12 10 http://purl.umn.edu/181437 en_US eng Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists>Volume 26, Issue 3, December 2001 http://purl.umn.edu/181437 Livestock Production/Industries Production Economics Article 2001 ftagecon 2014-08-09T23:32:36Z Reindeer husbandry is a cornerstone in the culture of the Sami, northern Scandinavia's indigenous people. This paper presents a dynamic, theoretical model of the Swedish reindeer husbandry and the market for reindeer meat, as well as econometric results based on three-stage least squares regression on annual data. The most striking feature of the empirical results is a "backward-sloping" supply function, which is consistent with the theoretical model. The results also show effects of the Chernobyl accident. Prevailing winds at the time of the accident carried radioactive fallout over the grazing areas for the Swedish reindeer husbandry, causing effects on both supply and demand.© 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper reindeer husbandry sami sami AgEcon Search - Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics |
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Reindeer husbandry is a cornerstone in the culture of the Sami, northern Scandinavia's indigenous people. This paper presents a dynamic, theoretical model of the Swedish reindeer husbandry and the market for reindeer meat, as well as econometric results based on three-stage least squares regression on annual data. The most striking feature of the empirical results is a "backward-sloping" supply function, which is consistent with the theoretical model. The results also show effects of the Chernobyl accident. Prevailing winds at the time of the accident carried radioactive fallout over the grazing areas for the Swedish reindeer husbandry, causing effects on both supply and demand.© 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. |
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