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标题：RESPONSE OF PUBLIC LAND RANCHERS TO POLICY CHANGES
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作者：Tanaka, John A. ; Genter, Bradley J
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：2001
期号：SUPPL
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：Policy analysis and planning require that we know the likely responses of affected parties to given policy changes. We conducteda random survey of ranchers holding 1998 public land grazing permits in all western states to determine the social and economiccharacteristics of permit holders, to assess their attitudes about public land policies, and to gauge their responses to three policiesrelated to public land grazing . Respondents were asked how their operations would change due to three different levels of AUMreductions, three different grazing fee increases, and to changes in allowed season of use. The respondents were clustered intoeight different types of ranchers using management objective, education, business organization, ranch size, labor, income, andfinancial aspects. Perceived ranching objectives included preserving family tradition, culture, and values; raising family in arural setting; living closer to friends and family; earning a good return on investment; avoiding difficulty obtaining a job outsidethe ranch due to skills; protecting environmental resources; and planning to pass business on to children. Based on the clusters,different policy choices will have differential impacts depending on the type of rancher and individual management goals. Theirresponses to the various policy choices indicate that analysis using the refined clusters will lead to a different impact assessmentcompared to using average responses for the population.