Information from the USDA's 1978 Resource Economics Survey is used to test the hypothesis that crop--share leasing, when compared to cash leasing, promotes improves conservation management in crop production. Results are discussed in light of public policies to promote soil erosion control on...

Recent studies that compare the efficiency and distributional impacts of alternative instruments to curb sprawl typically ignore what to do with the revenues from anti-sprawl policies, such as development taxes. This paper extends first-best analysis of development taxes aimed at preserving land...

Acreage functions for wheat, incorporating variables that reflect the value of voluntary acreage diversion programs to producers, are estimated fro 1962-76. The elasticities of response to such programs are generally low in comparison to those for market price, indicating that the reduction of...