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A Hedonic Analysis of Herbicides: Do User Safety and Water Quality Matter?
Author(s) -
Beach E. Douglas,
Carlson Gerald A.
Publication year - 1993
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 - 10.2307/1243568
Subject(s) - weed control , business , leaching (pedology) , environmental safety , quality (philosophy) , agricultural science , environmental science , agricultural engineering , agronomy , environmental health , soil water , biology , engineering , medicine , human health , philosophy , epistemology , soil science
Abstract Farmers may value water quality and user safety characteristics of herbicides as they select among products to obtain weed control. Expenditures per application in the U.S. corn and soybean herbicide markets are explained by several safety characteristics in addition to market and weed control characteristics. The explicit inclusion of safety characteristics in the farm decision model indicates that not all safety aspects of pesticide use are external to farmers. Leaching potential and user toxicity are statistically significant, but their elasticities are small relative to broadleaf and grass weed control efficacy.