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Pesticide regulatory decisions: Production efficiency, equity, and interdependence
Author(s) -
Osteen Craig,
Kuchler Fred
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
agribusiness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1520-6297
pISSN - 0742-4477
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6297(198723)3:3<307::aid-agr2720030306>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - pesticide , equity (law) , agriculture , production (economics) , agricultural productivity , business , economics , natural resource economics , public economics , agricultural economics , microeconomics , geography , political science , archaeology , law , agronomy , biology
EPA examines the benefits and risks of an agricultural pesticide's use when deciding whether or not to cancel its registration, but often neglects two effects which could change the decision: (1) the distributional effects on farmers using and not using the pesticide, and (2) the interdependence among regulatory decisions. This article examines the economic implications of banning several corn and soybean pesticides, highlighting these two concerns. Generally, banning one pesticide could have little effect, but banning all pesticides for a pest problem could have substantial effects. However, some pesticide users could suffer significant losses even though the aggregate effects are small.