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

• Main Author: Bostedt, Goran
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Unknown 2005
• Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries; backward-bending supply; externalities; pastoralist; reindeer husbandry; Slaughter; Northern Sweden; saami
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.31209; https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31209

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...