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| Toma, Luiza; Sutherland, Lee-Ann; Barnes, Andrew Peter; Renwick, Alan W.; McCrum, Gillian; Blackstock, Kirsty. |
| The paper analyses the land use behaviour of Scottish land managers and the factors influencing it in the current context of the EU rural land use policies. The analysis employs a frequently used behavioural economics method, namely structural equation modelling (SEM). Central to the empirical analysis in this paper is a cross-section database containing data collected in May to June 2009 through telephone interviews of 600 land managers in Scotland. The model tests and estimates the relationships between land use behaviour, i.e., behavioural intentions to change the size of business/holding, and several of its a priori determinants found significant in the scientific literature. The results indicate that a stronger propensity to change size of their... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Land use; Rural policies; Scotland; Structural equation modelling; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116086 |
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