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Adapting to Monsoon Variability in India: the Case for Irrigation
Zaveri, Esha; Fisher-Vanden, Karen; Wrenn, Douglas H.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
How will future changes in precipitation affect irrigation demand and supply in India? This paper provides econometric … for one of the world’s most water stressed countries, India. Using detailed crop-wise agriculture and weather data … availability, can help quantify the (un)sustainable water use trajectory that different regions within India will face. …
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The Trade-off Between Bioenergy and Emissions When Land Is Scarce
Kauffman, Nathan S.; Hayes, Dermot J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Agricultural biofuels require the use of scarce land, and this land has opportunity cost. We explore the objective function of a social planner who includes a land constraint in the optimization decision to minimize environmental cost. The results show that emissions should be measured on a per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002496
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What's Powering Wind? The Role of Prices and Policies in Determining the Amount of Wind Energy Development in the United States (1994-2008)
Maguire, Karen - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper focuses on the role of electricity markets and renewable energy regulation in wind development across the United States. My findings, using a random effects Tobit model with a 25-state sample, from 1994-2008, indicate that the implementation of state Renewables Portfolio Standards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021119
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A balance of questions: what can we ask of climate change economics?
Comerford, David - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
The standard approach to the economics of climate change, which has its best known implementation in Nordhaus's DICE and RICE models (well described in Nordhaus's 2008 book, A Question of Balance) is not well equipped to deal with the possibility of catastrophe, since we are unable to evaluate a...
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Application of Comparative Dynamics in Stochastic Invasive Species Management in Agricultural Production
Lu, Liang; Elbakidze, Levan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
In this study, we formulate a stochastic dynamic framework for pest control over the growing season taking into account forecasts of weather conditions and pest infestation expectations. Using stochastic envelope theorem and stochastic comparative dynamics, we analytically show how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881095
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Application of Comparative Dynamics in Stochastic Invasive Species Management in Agricultural Production
Lu, Liang; Elbakidze, Levan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
In this study, we formulate a stochastic dynamic framework for pest control over the growing season taking into account forecasts of weather conditions and pest infestation expectations. Using stochastic envelope theorem and stochastic comparative dynamics, we analytically show how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881172
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Impacts of Climate Change on Corn and Soybean Yields in China
Chen, Shuai; Chen, Xiaoguang; Xu, Jintao - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Using a unique county-level panel on crop yields and daily weather dataset over the past decade, we estimate the impact of climate change on corn and soybean yields in China. Our results suggest the existence of nonlinear and asymmetric relationships between corn and soybean yields and climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010915986
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Optimal Path for Global Land Use under Climate Change Uncertainty
Steinbuks, J.; Cai, Y.; Elliott, J.W.; Hertel, T.W.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
This study seeks assess how the uncertainties associated with the un- derlying biophysical processes in uence the optimal prole of land use over the next century, in light of potential irreversibility in these deci- sions. Our analysis is based on a dynamic stochastic model of global land use,...
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The Effect of Climate on Crop Insurance Premium Rates and Producer Subsidies
Tack, Jesse B. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Likely climate change impacts in the U.S. include damages to agricultural production resulting from increased exposure to extreme heat. However, considerable uncertainty remains regarding impacts on the performance of the Federal Crop Insurance Program. Here we utilized a large panel of corn...
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Economic and Emissions Impacts of Renewable Fuel Goals for Aviation in the US
Winchester, Niven; McConnachie, Dominic; Wollersheim, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a goal that one billion gallons of renewable jet fuel is consumed by the US aviation industry each year from 2018. We examine the economic and emissions impacts of this goal using renewable fuel produced from a Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty...
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