Efficient Policies for Environmental Protection: An Econometric Analysis of Incentives for Land Conversion and Retention
This study investigates the costs of subsidies for land retention and conversion, in addition to a policy that combines the incentives. A Markov model of forest and agricultural land use is estimated for the U.S. South Central region and used to simulate retention and conversion policies. Results su...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
2002-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
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Online Access: | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31086 |