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Land Use Change and Ecosystem Valuation in North Georgia
Ngugi, Daniel; Mullen, Jeffrey D.; Bergstrom, John C. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009
This study seeks to forecast land use change in a North Georgia ecosystem, and estimate the economic value of the … ecosystem using benefit transfer techniques. We forecast land use change based on a structural time series model and a simple …. Conservation efforts are likely to cost less than the cost of defensive behavior or ecosystem restoration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005311015
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Adaptation to Climate Change: Land Use and Livestock Management Change in the U.S.
Mu, Jianhong H.; McCarl, Bruce A. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011
Replaced with revised version of paper 01/26/11
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922646
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Impact of Environmental Values on the Breakeven Price of Switchgrass
Debnath, Deepayan; Stoecker, Arthur L.; Epplin, Francis M. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
This study estimates the farm-gate breakeven price of switchgrass relative to wheat in Oklahoma. The breakeven price of switchgrass is determined for two situations: when external consequences are ignored and when the environment costs of changes in soil erosion, fertilizer (nitrogen and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880664
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Calibrating Dissimilar Payment Vehicles in Contingent Valuation Studies: An Example of Reducing Hydrilla in Two North Florida Spring-Fed River Systems
Thomas, Victoria; Thomas, Michael H. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
Choice of payment vehicle (PV) is important to contingent-valuation practitioners. They are often left using scenarios that may elicit bias responses; for example hypothetical gate fees in open access areas. Utility bills may avoid bias, but introduce a scaling problem. A survey of north-Florida...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914973
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Agricultural Land Development in Lee County, Florida: Impacts of Economic and Natural Risk Factors in a Coastal Area
Li, Sheng; Nadolnyak, Denis A. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
Farmland in Florida has undergone extensive conversion into residential and commercial uses. A censored survival model is applied to examine the timing of land use change using parcel-level data from Lee County, 1988-2008. Results suggest that flood and hurricane risks affect conversion timing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914993
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Turning Carbon into Cash: Economic Model of Payments for Carbon Sequestration in the Dry Tropical Forest of Coastal Ecuador
Blare, Trent; Haro-Carrion, Xavier - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
This paper examines the impact of carbon payments on reforestation in coastal Ecuador. The model estimates that landowners would need to be paid between 13.59 US dollars to 41.81 US dollars per metric ton of carbon in order to be no worse off from reforesting a hectare of her land.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010915004
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Economic Impact of Hunting Expenditures on Southern U.S.
Poudel, Jagdish; Munn, Ian A.; Henderson, James E. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
Hunting, fishing and wildlife-associated recreation expenditures have played an important role in the U.S economy and help promote conservation and environmental goals. The 2006 U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) survey reported 87.5 million people aged 16 and above participated in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010915056
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The Impact of Natural Amenity on Farmland Values: A Quantile Regression Approach
Uematsu, Hiroki; Mishra, Ashok K. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
The objective of this study is to estimate the impact of natural amenity on farmland values in the contiguous United States using a quantile regression approach and data from the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Agricultural Resource Management Surveys. The contribution of this study is three-fold. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421035
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Analyzing the Feasibility of Prairie Dog Hunting in the Northern Texas Panhandle
Jones, DeDe; Mayfield, Gid - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
Prairie dogs are burrowing rodents located throughout the United States. The black-tailed prairie dog is a common species that primarily inhabits the Great Plains region, with a large population in Texas. While these animals continue to thrive in many locations, there has been a significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421047
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Analysis of Spatial Variation in Flood Risk Perception
Atreya, Ajita; Susana, Ferreira - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
We use hedonic property models to estimate the spatial variation in flood risk in the city of Albany, GA. In addition to knowing whether a property is in the floodplain, we have a unique dataset with actual inundation maps from tropical storm Alberto that hit Albany in 1994. In the absence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421086