Based on regression models, the New York Agricultural Districts Law seems consistent with preserving the best farmland because farm size and productivity explain participation. Growth on tax rates and differences in property tax administration explain participation in use-value assessment,...

Information from the USDA's 1978 Resource Economics Survey is used to test the hypothesis that crop--share leasing, when compared to cash leasing, promotes improves conservation management in crop production. Results are discussed in light of public policies to promote soil erosion control on...

Previous research on incentive responsivness in voluntary land retirement programs has utilized either hypothetical contingent response methods or actual aggregate enrollment data, both of which suffer from potential biases. In this paper, we analyze program participation in the binary-choice...

This paper uses actual enrollment and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data in six geographically diverse states to demonstrate that enrollment rates in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) are a function of the incentives offered. If aggregate county land use data were used,...