Dumas, Christopher F.; Goodhue, Rachael E. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 31 (1999) 03
The success of the Boll Weevil Eradication (BWE) Program is believed to be one factor underlying the recent increase in cotton acreage in the Southeast. We find weak evidence that the initial, eradication phase of the BWE program decreases cotton acreage, and strong evidence that the second,...