This is a report of a survey-based, primary data inter-industrial trade model of the Malheur County economy. Such model, popularly known as county input-output models, are used to project impacts and monetary trade-offs associated with changes in external markets, local technologies, and input availabilities.
The source and nature of permit value and the federal grazing fee debate motivated this dissertation research. There is little doubt that federal grazing permits have value throughout the western United States, but the source of permit value is unclear. A traditional explanation focuses on the capitalized differential between the...