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Investigating the Cooperative Behavior of Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners when Stands are Spatially Interdependent

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dc.contributor.authorVokoun, Melinda M.en
dc.contributor.committeechairAmacher, Gregory S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWear, David N.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSullivan, Jayen
dc.contributor.committeememberPrisley, Stephen P.en
dc.contributor.departmentForestryen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:08:38Zen
dc.date.adate2005-04-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:08:38Zen
dc.date.issued2005-03-07en
dc.date.rdate2007-04-11en
dc.date.sdate2005-03-30en
dc.description.abstractThis research examines how the harvesting behavior of nonindustrial private forest landowners, and their use of forestland for non-timber amenities, is affected by adjacent landowner behavior. The uncertainty an individual landowner has regarding adjacent landowners' preferences, and how the production of non-timber amenities on their own stands relies on the condition of adjacent stocks, is specifically addressed. Economic characterizations of substitutes and complements are employed to investigate the differences in optimal stock levels at the steady state in the production of amenities under various levels of cooperation among landowners. It is shown that there are externalities present when landowners do not coordinate management actions when parcels are spatially interdependent. The effects of spatial interdependencies on landowner behavior are further explored using data from a survey of forest landowners in Central Virginia. Findings suggest that forest landowners are willing to coordinate activities, and such decisions are determined by similar characteristics that function in predicting landowner behavior regarding timber harvesting. Further, landowners' decisions to use own and adjacent parcels were correlated, hinting at the spatial interdependencies of stocks in amenity valuations. Both the theoretical and empirical analyses suggest that the lack of coordination among landowners and its effects on stock management would be best addressed through the use of incentives to drive spatially efficient outcomes.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-03302005-210644en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302005-210644/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/26556en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartmvdissertation2.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectspatial interdependenceen
dc.subjectcoordinationen
dc.subjectamenity servicesen
dc.subjectnonindustrial landownersen
dc.subjectadjacenten
dc.subjectexternalityen
dc.titleInvestigating the Cooperative Behavior of Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners when Stands are Spatially Interdependenten
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineForestryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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