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Landowner Incorporation of Onsite Soil Erosion Costs: An Application to the Conservation Reserve Program
Author(s) -
Miranda Marie Lynn
Publication year - 1992
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 - 10.2307/1242497
Subject(s) - conservation reserve program , productivity , soil conservation , erosion , natural resource economics , land management , land use , business , land tenure , environmental resource management , environmental science , economics , geography , agriculture , ecology , geology , paleontology , archaeology , biology , macroeconomics
Abstract Using data from the first signup of the Conservation Reserve Program, this paper examines whether or not landowners consider soil erosion productivity effects as they formulate their land management strategies. The empirical results indicate that regional differences exist in how well landowners incorporate the intertemporal consequences of land management decisions. With the exception of the Farm Belt, farmers either do not understand or are failing to act on the onsite productivity effects caused by soil erosion.