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The Benefits of Pollution Control: The Case of Ozone and U.S. Agriculture
Author(s) -
Adams R. M.,
Hamilton S. A.,
McCarl B. A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1242135
Subject(s) - agriculture , ozone , environmental science , pollutant , robustness (evolution) , pollution , air pollution , natural resource economics , economics , agricultural economics , environmental protection , meteorology , geography , ecology , chemistry , biochemistry , archaeology , gene , biology
The adverse effects of ozone and other air pollutants on crop yields are well documented. This paper reports on an assessment of the benefits to agriculture arising from reductions in ambient ozone pollution. Estimates are derived using recent plant science data as input for a spatial equilibrium model of U.S. agriculture. Sensitivity of benefit estimates to biological and economic sources of uncertainty is also investigated. Results suggest that the benefits of a 25 percent reduction in ambient ozone are substantial, amounting to $@@‐@@1.7 billion. The robustness of these estimates varies across alternative assumptions concerning response data and export markets.