A COMPARISON OF ECONOMIC IMPACT ESTIMATES FOR CHANGES IN THE FEDERAL GRAZING FEE: SECONDARY VS. PRIMARY DATA I/O MODELS

This paper compares estimates of local personal income impacts that could result from increases in the federal grazing fee, using secondary data input/output models (U.S. Forest Service IMPLAN) and five primary data input/output models. The results show that the impacts estimated by the IMPLAN models are usually higher than those estimate by primary data models.