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An Econometric Test of the Endogeneity of Institutions: Water Markets in the Western United States
Hansen, Kristiana; Howitt, Richard E.; Williams, Jeffrey C. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/28/05.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005476987
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The Future of Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP)
Joshi, Satish; Miller, Steven; Abdulkadri, Abdullahi; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
This is a decision teaching case study, where the Program Manager, Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) is faced with the problem of determining the future direction of the MAEAP going forward from 2010. During the case discussion students should be able to: 1. Identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916137
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UNCERTAINTY AND THE REGULATION OF NITRATE POLLUTION FROM AGRICULTURE
Abrahams, Nii Adote; Shortle, James S. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1997
A simulation of U.S. corn production compares four environmental policies for controlling agricultural nitrate pollution. Public uncertainty about key economic parameters are considered. Results indicate that policy choice is sensitive to commodity programs and the public information structure....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005310976
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Environmental Mechanism Designs in a New Order of Regulatory Capitalism
Mullen, Jeffrey D.; Centner, Terence J.; Wetzstein, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007
Complexity of environmental programs is most apparent with information asymmetries, making the design of efficient mechanisms particularly challenging. As developed theoretically in this paper, a new regulatory capitalism paradigm mating voluntary agreements with environmental education can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005803196
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Incentives to Supply Enhanced Ecosystem Services from Cropland
Jolejole, Christina B.; Swinton, Scott M.; Lupi, Frank - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
This paper examines the willingness of farmers to participate in hypothetical programs that would pay them to adopt cropping practices that enhance provision of ecosystem services from agriculture. A survey of 3,000 Michigan corn and soybean farmers elicited willingness to adopt four sets of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012622
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On The Empirics of Ecosystem Services Schemes: Technology, Risk and Compliance
Sauer, Johannes; Walsh, John - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
The overall aim of this study is to empirically investigate the cost structure of a management agreement type agri-environmental instrument and to identify factors for cost variation over space and time. We control for the actual level of compliance by using compliance weighted average scheme...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020853
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Social Housing Policies in Latin America and Singapore: Lessons for China
Sandilands, Roger - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
This paper addresses the challenges facing China in accelerating the pace of rural-urban migration as part of its on … lessons for China are offered from the different urbanisation experiences of Latin America (especially Colombia) and Singapore. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010879021
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Industrial Agglomeration of Chinese Food Processing
Wang, Miao; Goldsmith, Peter - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
employs a unique natural experiment where some provincial governments in China liberalized migration policies for highly … provincial level employment data from the China Labor Statistical Yearbook. This paper found strong evidence that the HEHS labor … pool affected the location decision of food processing firms in China. The result supports recent literature that the food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880908
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The Influence of Dining Location on Adult Overweight and Obesity in Urban China
Wahl, Thomas I. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
believed to have significant effect on the rise of obesity in China. This paper analyses Body Mass Index (BMI) and overweight … issue of adults 18 years and above in urban China with respect to food eating locations and other socio-economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881016
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Sex Imbalance, Marriage Competition, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from rural China
Yuan, Yan; Rong, Zhao; Xu, Lihe - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
imbalance influences the venturing at the household level in China. We find that households with a son in more sex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881194