Resource purchasing funds have become a major tool for environmental protection and resource conservation. These funds use various strategies to target resources for conservation, the choice of which may lead to striking differences in environmental performance. This paper develops an analytical...

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Nitrogen losses in runoff and leaching from crop production for the 110 counties over the Ogallala aquifer in the High Plains region are estimated. Cropland distribution by crop, soil, irrigation system, and rotation practice is estimated using the 1992 National Resources Inventory database....

Effects of sampling error in estimation of farmers’ mean yields for crop insurance purposes and their implications for actuarial soundness are explored using farm-level corn yield data in Iowa. Results indicate that sampling error, combined with nonlinearities in the indemnity function, leads...

We compare subsidies and fines to voluntary and mandatory refuge insurance (insurance for pest damage on Bt corn refuge) as mechanisms for securing grower compliance with EPA refuge mandates. A conceptual model partially ranks mechanisms. We empirically quantify tradeoffs between mechanisms...

Proceedings of the SERA-IEG-31 Conference on the Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gulf Shores, AL, March 23-25, 2000.

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