Factors Determining Differences in Local Hunting Lease Rates: Insights from Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
使用Blinder-Oaxaca分解方法，分析了密西西比州东西部狩猎租赁费率的差异，发现栖息地质量是主要因素，东部地主可通过缩小租赁面积和缩短合同期限来提高费率。
Factors determining local hunting lease rates, and differences between rates across Mississippi regions, were analyzed using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition procedures. Per acre rates were 26% greater in west versus east Mississippi. Depending on the decomposition procedure employed, differences in resource endowments accounted for 43% to 69% of the gap. Differences in habitat quality were primarily responsible. Lessors in east Mississippi can improve their rates by reducing lease sizes and shortening contract lengths. Information about differences in local lease rates and the sources of those differences is critically needed by landowners, outfitters, hunters, financial institutions, and natural resource managers. <i></i>