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An Economic Analysis of Water Infrastructure Investments, Agricultural Productivity and Climate Change in the Mekong Delta: Adapting to Increased Salinity and Sea Level Rise
Corderi Novoa, David; Williams, Jeffrey C.; Howitt, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/24/11.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021215
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Peer Effect, Risk-Pooling and Status Seeking: Which Matters to Gift Spending Escalation in Rural China?
Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper is based on our ongoing joint work with Ravi Kanbur. Xi Chen is grateful to Ravi Kanbur for invaluable comments, guidance and encouragement. For comments and suggestions, please direct correspondence to Xi Chen at xc49@cornell.edu.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021114
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Threshold effects on climate change policy
Chalak, Morteza; Pannell, David - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068516
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Long-term Effect of Climate Change on Health: Evidence from Heat Waves in Mexico
Agüero, Jorge - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
This paper uses year-to-year variation in temperature to estimate the long-term effects of climate change on health outcomes in Mexico. Combining temperature data at the district level and three rounds of nationally representative household surveys,an individual’s health as an adult is matched...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068538
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More than Mean Effects: Modeling the Effect of Climate on the Higher Order Moments of Crop Yields
Tack, Jesse B.; Harri, Ardian; Coble, Keith H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
The objective of this article is to propose the use of moment functions and maximum entropy techniques as a flexible way to estimate conditional crop yield distributions. We present a moment based model that extends previous approaches in several dimensions, and can be easily estimated using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916419
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An Analysis of Farmland Option Value: Ascertaining the Nature of the Recent Farmland Bubble Phenomenon
Wang, Bingbing; Escalante, Cesar - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
We conduct models and tests to ascertain whether there are speculative bubbles and which factors contribute to the bubbles if there exits one. In the model, we use the option value to represent the investment value of farm real estate and compare the option value, calculated from dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880857
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Recursive Sustainability: Intertemporal Efficiency and Equity
Knapp, Keith C. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2006
PV-optimality in a capital-resource economy can imply decreasing utility over some portion of the time horizon. Various criteria have been proposed to maintain intergenerational equity defined as nondeclining utility, but these have some limitations and problems. This paper proposes a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005330154
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An Incentive System for Salmonella Control in the Pork Supply Chain
Backus, Ge B.C.; King, Robert P. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007
This paper presents a dynamic principal-agent analysis of an incentive system for Salmonella control in the pork supply chain. The incentive system determines quality premiums to the producer, testing frequencies for hogs delivered, as well as charges to the producer for testing and penalties....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005803153
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Risk Classification in Animal Disease Prevention: Who Benefits from Differentiated Policy?
Niemi, Jarkko K.; Lyytikainen, Tapani; Sahlstrom, Leena; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
Risk classification of livestock farms can help stakeholders design and implement risk management measures according to … the possessed risk. Our goal is to examine how differently pig farms may contribute to the societal costs of an animal … disease outbreak, how valuable this information is to different stakeholders, and how it can be used to target risk management …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012558
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Forget the Hoe: Managing Invasive Plant Species with Dynamic Programming"
Verdone, Michael; Frasier, W. Marshall - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Abstract Bromus Tectorum is an invasive plant species known to reduce abundance of native perennial grasses, increase fire frequency and intensity, decrease animal performance, and alter microbial communities and ecosystem processes. Specifically, in the Intermountain West, Bromus has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020686