This manuscript summarizes a total of 8 peer-reviewed studies, published from 1975 to 2001, reporting 24 separate estimates for the disaggregate2 value of habitat and species protection services provided by coastal and non-coastal wetlands. Estimates varied within a single order of magnitude and...

This report summarizes a year-long study of the current and future role of technology in the Mid-South, Southeast, and High Plains cotton production systems. Specific research objectives were to: 1) Identify the impacts of emerging technology on regional cotton production systems, including the...

This paper is the first in a planned series that seeks to synthesize and describe many of the economic questions that arise when attempting to develop groundwater and surface water management policy in Louisiana. In this series, current economic perspectives on water policy will be drawn from...

This manuscript summarizes a total of 12 peer-reviewed studies, published from 1978 to 2001, reporting 32 separate estimates for the disaggregate2 value of hunting and fishing services provided by coastal and non-coastal wetlands. Estimates ranged across three orders of magnitude and are highly...

This manuscript summarizes a total of 12 peer-reviewed studies, published from 1981 to 2001, reporting 28 separate estimates for the disaggregate2 value of water quality services provided by coastal and non-coastal wetlands. Estimates ranged across three orders of magnitude and are highly...

For simulation to be truly useful for investigating many problems in agricultural economics, non-simplifying optimization techniques need to be employed. General methods for simulation optimization that do not inhibit system characterization or analysis are available, and they would appear to...

Bt-corn hybrids are expected to play an important role in future southern corn production. Cost and yield advantages are the potential incentives for producer adoption. Using stochastic dominance analysis, this study indicates that development of this technology for southeastern production has...

The study characterizes catfish price and yield risk by empirically determining the probability distribution of stochastic price and yield variables. The impact of the stochastic variables is then evaluated in the context of a catfish enterprise budget. Probability distributions of net returns...

This paper uses Nevada data to conduct regression analyses of the relationship between sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) population sizes and potential causal factors. This is policy-relevant because of current petitions for listing this species under the Endangered Species Act. A key...

A synopsis is presented of challenges faced and WTO performance in disciplining national technical measures to achieve legitimate objectives in a least-trade-distorting manner. Importance of the measures and international disciplines are reviewed and evidence presented from multiple perspectives...