Spatial Patterns of Market Participation and Resource Extraction: Fuelwood Collection in Northern Uganda

Daniela A. Miteva, Randall Kramer, Zachary Brown () and Martin Smith ()

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017, vol. 99, issue 4, 1008-1026

Abstract: While distance to markets is a key determinant of market participation for households that are dependent on natural resources, the distance to the resource stock is also essential. Thus, a household’s location with respect to markets and the resource stock determines household market participation and associated resource degradation. Applying a discrete-choice framework for fuelwood collection in a developing country, we characterize the spatial pattern of market participation regimes and forest use. All else being equal, autarkic households are closest to the forest and furthest from the market, buyer households are closest to the market and furthest from the forest, and seller households are at intermediate distances. Empirical tests based on survey data from northern Uganda support the predictions from our theoretical model. Our findings have important implications for understanding the spatial patterns of forest degradation and determining the control group when designing impact evaluations of the effectiveness of development and conservation interventions.

Keywords: Spatial model; household sorting; household production; transaction costs; fuelwood extraction; deforestation; forest degradation; sub-Saharan Africa; quasi-experimental research designs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q23 Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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