Western Public Lands and the Fiscal Implications of a Transfer to States
研究了联邦土地向州转移的财政可行性，发现州能否负担管理成本取决于化石燃料和木材资源及价格，平均而言联邦土地经济生产力低于私人土地。
Federal land management has always been contentious, but recent years have seen a rise in legislative activity demanding transfer of federal land to state control. Can states afford to assume land management without increasing taxes or other revenue enhancement actions? We find that (1) on average, federal lands are not likely to be as economically productive as private lands, (2) states are likely to have management costs equivalent to federal agencies, and (3) states can cover land management costs with land-based revenues if they have access to fossil fuels and timber resources, and prices for these commodities are relatively high. <i></i>