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Reply to Meerburg et al : Growing Areas in Brazil and the United States with Similar Exposure to Extreme Heat Have Similar Yields - Appendix

Schlenker, Wolfram; Roberts, Michael J. - 2015

In a letter to the editor of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Meerburg et al. argue that the predicted yield decreases from climate change in the United States in our earlier study are too pessimistic. They raise two major concerns: First, the authors argue that farmers in...

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The Cost of Species Protection : The Land Market Impacts of the Endangered Species Act

Frank, Eyal G.; Auffhammer, Maximilian; McLaughlin, David; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

assemble the most comprehensive data on species conservation efforts, land transactions, and building permits to date. By … outside of the protected area and leads to a slight appreciation in residential and vacant land values outside of critical … large effects on land values, only where it is explicitly allowed to take economic criteria into account. These average …

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Conservation tillage mitigates drought-induced soybean yield losses in the US Corn Belt

Chen, Bowen; Gramig, Benjamin M.; Yun, Seong Do - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 1 (2021) 1, pp. 1-29

Conservation tillage has been widely recommended for implementation in the U.S. for its environmental benefits. The effect of conservation tillage on crop yield is a subject of continued concern amongst farmers who have not adopted the practice. Previous empirical research on the yield...

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Scaling up ecosystem services values : methodology, applicability and a case study

Brander, Luke; Ghermandi, Andrea; Kuik, Onno J.; … - 2010

The approach of using existing data on economic values of local ecosystem services for an assessment of these values at a larger geographical scale can be called “scaling up”. In a scaling-up exercise, economic values from a particular study site are transferred to another geographical...

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Das Conservation Reserve Program : Erfahrungen und Perspektiven für die europäische Agrarumweltpolitik

Groth, Markus - 2009

Der langjährige Einsatz und die große Bedeutung des Conservation Reserve Program begründen seine Sonderstellung als marktorientierten Ansatz zur Honorierung von Umweltleistungen. Mit diesem Beitrag wird herausgearbeitet, welche Lehren aus dem Conservation Reserve Program für die...

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Food for fuel : the effect of U.S. energy policy on Indian poverty

Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Hubert, Marie-Hélène; Ural … - 2012

endogenous land use to estimate the effect of biofuel policy on the world price of food commodities, in particular rice, wheat …

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ISO-14001 Standard and Firms' Environmental Performance : Evidence from the U.S. Transportation Equipment Manufacturers

Nemati, Mehdi - 2017

Manufacturers have been increasingly relying on environmental management systems (such as ISO 14001 based ones) to comply with government regulations and reduce waste. In this paper, we investigated the impact of ISO 14001 certification on manufacturers' toxic release by release level. We...

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The Effects of a Federal Tax Reform on the US Timber Sector

Sedjo, Roger A. - 2015

Under discussion in the US Congress is the desirability of reforming much of the US federal tax code. Recent proposals include lowering rates and broadening the tax base by, among other things, eliminating tax expenditure write-offs, preferences, and incentives. This study focuses on tax changes...

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Hydraulic Fracturing in the European Union : Leveraging the U.S. Experience in Shale Gas Exploration and Production

Glowacki, Joanna; Henkel, Christoph - 2015

Hydraulic fracturing has been the subject of much debate recently, both in the United States and increasingly in Europe. Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have led to a shale gas boom in the United States, significantly lowering natural gas prices, and causing some foreign businesses...

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Food for Fuel : The Effect of U.S. Biofuel Mandate on Poverty in India

Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Hubert, Marie-Hélène; Ural … - 2021

More than 40% of US grain is used for energy due to the Renewable Fuels Mandate (RFS). There are no studies of the global distributional consequences of this purely domestic policy. Using micro-level survey data, we trace the effect of the RFS on world food prices and their impact on household...

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