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Permanence of Carbon Sequestered in Forests under Uncertainty

Kim, C.S.; Lewandrowski, Jan; Sands, Ronald D.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

In this paper we examine the issue of permanence in the context of sequestering carbon through afforestation. We develop a dynamic nested optimal control model of carbon sequestration associated with the decision to afforest a tract of land given there are uncertainties associated with fire and...

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Carbon Leakage with Forestation Policies

de Gorter, Harry; Drabik, Dusan; Just, David R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

between forestry and agriculture; (5) share of total forest area set aside under RED; and (6) relative carbon sequestration …

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Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Wildfire Risks in the U.S. Forest Sector

Chen, Xuan; Goodwin, Barry K. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

In the US forestry industry, wildfire has always been one of the leading causes of damage. This topic is of growing … possibility to develop a forestry production insurance scheme accounting for wildfire risks has not yet been investigated. The … ratio at county level. In addition, the national forestry inventory and analysis (FIA) database, Regional Economic …

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Two-Part Tax Controls for Forest Density and Rotation Time

Brown, J. Bradley - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005

Many forest amenities are derived not only from the age of the trees, but also from the density of the trees. When an externality such as erosion control is considered, clear-cutting results in much larger damages than occur with selective cutting. This paper extends current methodology,...

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What is the Effect of Operational Managerial Practices on Dairy Farm Efficiency? Some Results from Sweden

Johansson, Helena; Ohlmer, Bo - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007

farm level data from Sweden. The results show that changes in breeding and feeding practices can lead to improved …

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The Impact of Alternative Market Orientation Strategies on Firm Performance: Customer versus Competitor Orientation

Micheels, Eric T.; Gow, Hamish R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

Research studies have differed over the importance of the relative emphasis of a customer versus competitor orientation in the development of a market orientation (Slater and Narver, 1994; Tajeddini, 2010). In this study, we assess whether the emphasis of one component over another of a market...

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Is Agricultural Production Spillover the Rationale Behind NEPAD CAADP Framework? Spatial Econometric Approach

Ulimwengu, John M.; Sanyal, Prabuddha - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

Since 2003, the NEPAD Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has been endorsed by African Heads … Africa. The program aims at stimulating agriculture-led development that eliminates hunger and reduces poverty and food …

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Modeling the Effects of Cap and Trade and a Carbon Offset Policy on Crop Allocations and Farm Income

Nalley, Lawton Lanier; Popp, Michael P. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

A static, producer profit maximization framework is used to capture county level land use choice on the basis of profitability, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the farm gate as well as soil carbon sequestration as affected by tillage and soil type. Policy scenarios of a 5% GHG cap on...

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Implications of Immigration Policies for the U.S. Farm Sector and Workforce

Devadoss, Stephen; Luckstead, Jeff - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

We develop a theoretical model using migration and trade theory to examine the effects of domestic and border enforcement policies on unauthorized workers and the U.S. agricultural sector. The theoretical results show that heightened immigration policies increase the illegal farm wage rate, and...

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Climate Change, Risk and Grain Production in China

Holst, Rainer; Yu, Xiaohua; Grun, Carola - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

This paper employs the production function-based method proposed by Just and Pope (1978, 1979) to explicitly analyze production risk in the context of Chinese grain farming and climate change, and test for a potential endogeneity of climate factors in Chinese grain production. Our results...

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