A simultaneous model of house values, cancer mortality and total releases is estimated to study the economic cost of environmental health risks. Health risks include county level total releases from the Toxics Release Inventory, number of Superfund sites, and cancer mortality in the Southeastern...

The inclusion of cover crops in cropping systems brings direct and indirect costs and benefits. Farmers will adopt and utilize cover crops as long as the perceived benefit of using them is positive. This paper examines the demographic and management factors affecting the adoption and perceived...

The Renewable Fuel Standard aims to increase the production of biofuels to improve energy efficiency and decrease carbon dioxide emissions in the US. The effectiveness of this regulation is being debated by the scientific community regarding carbon emissions from direct and indirect land-use...