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Welfare and Biodiversity Tradeoffs in Urban Open Space Protection
Tajibaeva, Liaila; Haight, Robert; Stephen, Polasky - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
In this paper, we analyze the optimal spatial pattern of open space and residential development in an urban model that includes provision of both local and global public goods. In our model, households choose where to live based on land prices, proximity to employment, and amenity values that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068842
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LOCATIONAL EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION ON AGRICULTURE IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Larson, Janelle M.; Findeis, Jill L.; Smith, Stephen M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2000
urbanization in this region. Despite development, traditional agriculture still predominates. Changes in land use were examined … increased it. Other measures of urbanization, such as proximity to a city or inter-state highway had no statistically … significant effect on farm practices. Keywords: Agricultural adaptation, rural development, off-farm income, urbanization, land …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005320427
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The Global Supply and Demand for Agricultural Land in 2050: A Perfect Storm in the Making?
Hertel, Thomas W. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
2010 AAEA Presidential Address; forthcoming in January 2011 AJAE in shortened version.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020267
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BALANCING ACT: ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, ADMINISTRATIVE RESTRICTIONS, AND URBAN LAND EXPANSION IN CHINA
Feng, Juan; Lichtenberg, Erik; Ding, Chengri - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
We examine how the system of “federalism, Chinese style” functions in the context of land allocation. China’s land laws give provision of land a central role in local officials’ growth promotion strategies. Requisitions of farmland by local authorities have engendered significant rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070067
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Land Use Change and Ecosystem Valuation in North Georgia
Ngugi, Daniel; Mullen, Jeffrey D.; Bergstrom, John C. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
A model of land allocation at the aggregate watershed level was developed assuming profit/net benefit maximization under risk neutrality. The econometric land use model was analyzed as an equation by equation SURE model as all the independent variables were the same for both equations. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005483452
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FARM OPERATIONS FACING DEVELOPMENT: RESULTS FROM THE CENSUS LONGITUDINAL FILE
Hoppe, Robert A.; Korb, Penelope J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2001
This paper examines farms in areas undergoing development, using a longitudinal file constructed by linking several agricultural censuses. Individual farms are followed over the 1982-97 period. Survival, exit, and entrance rates are presented for three types of farms: recreational, adaptive, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005807742
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An Economic Analysis of Transportation Fuel Policies in Brazil
Nunez, Hector; Onal, Hayri - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
In this paper, we simulate the Brazilian agriculture and transportation fuel sectors using a price endogenous mathematical programming model to analyze the impacts of recent changes in fuel policies and strong demand in world sugar markets on producers’ supply responses, consumers’ driving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916021
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Economic and environmental impacts of implementing multiple agro-environmental policies in New Zealand
Daigneault, Adam; Greenhalgh, Suzie; Samarasinghe, Oshadhi - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Agricultural and forestry GHG emissions are a key feature of New Zealand’s emissions profile, and New Zealand is the only country, to date, to have indicated that agricultural and forestry emissions will be covered under their domestic climate policy – the New Zealand Emissions Trading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916176
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Inter-and intra-annual global crop acreage response to prices and price risk
Haile, Mekbib G.; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Braun, Joachim von - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Understanding how producers make decisions to allot acreage among crops and how decisions about land use are affected by changes in prices and their volatility is fundamental for predicting the supply of staple crops and, hence, assessing the global food supply situation. The innovations of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916202
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Economic and environmental impacts of implementing multiple agro-environmental policies in New Zealand*
Daigneault, Adam; Greenhalgh, Suzie; Samarasinghe, Oshadhi - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Agricultural and forestry GHG emissions are a key feature of New Zealand’s emissions profile, and New Zealand is the only country, to date, to have indicated that agricultural and forestry emissions will be covered under their domestic climate policy – the New Zealand Emissions Trading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916208