Browsing Agricultural & Resource Economics by Title
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A balancing act? An empirical examination of whether the dynamic balance policy has helped China reduce cultivated land loss amid rapid urban land expansion
(2011)For decades, the Chinese government has been concerned about its ability to meet the grain self-sufficiency goal due to the depletion of cultivated land caused by urbanization and industrialization. The Dynamic Balance ... -
Behavioral Response to Environmental Taxation: Evidence from the Transportation Sector
(2016)This dissertation analyzes how individuals respond to the introduction of taxation aimed to reduce vehicle pollution, greenhouse gases and traffic. The first chapter analyzes a vehicle registration tax based on emissions ... -
Behavioral Sources of the Demand for Carbon Offsets: An Experimental Study
(2017-03)Voluntary carbon offset schemes have sprung up in the last decade offering individuals opportunities to neutralize their own carbon footprint. These schemes strongly appeal to the personal responsibility of individuals in ... -
A Calculus of Efficiency for Public Goods: The Case of Public Outdoor Recreation
(1972)The characteristics of public outdoor recreation as a public good are ascertained. A cost-benefit analysis is applied which ensures efficiency, while allowing for the pecuniary and technological externalities that exist ... -
CASH, TRAINING OR COMMITMENT? EVIDENCE ON BEHAVIORAL AND FINANCIAL INTERVENTIONS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
(2019)This dissertation analyzes how poor households in Africa and South Asia respond to large-scale policy experiments involving conditional and unconditional cash transfers as well as interventions that have training and ... -
The Challenging Future Of Maryland Dairy Farms
(CANRP, 2012-01-20)Maryland dairy farmers face many challenges that put the future of their operations in question. University of Maryland researchers Howard Leathers and Dale Johnson examine the factors behind the problem and point to ... -
Choosing Your Will and Estate Planning Attorney
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Commodity Program Choices by Maryland Farmers under the 2014 Farm Bill
(2015-07)Quick overview of which programs Maryland farmers signed up for with the 2014 Farm Bill. -
Computational and Experimental Market Design
(2010)This dissertation contributes to the literature on the market design of auctions. I use computational and experimental techniques to make two types of contributions to the literature. First, I provide a program that ... -
Conservation Land-Use Policy Toolkit
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Considerations for Equine Lease Agreements
(2017-04)Offering a horse for lease can be a good option for an owner who is unable to ride or care for their horse due to physical, time, or financial constraints but still wishes to maintain ownership. A lease can be an alternative ... -
Costly Renewable Resource Management and International Trade
(2007-12-20)Renewable resource management is necessary to avoid the dissipation of inter-temporal rents due to open access exploitation. In reality management is costly, which implies that the first best solution is not appropriate. ... -
Crop Insurance For Maryland Field Crops And Livestock
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Crop Insurance Option for Diversified Operations: Whole Farm Revenue Protection
(2016-05-11)The 2014 Farm Bill authorized USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) to develop a new type of revenue insurance product: Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP). WFRP provides a risk management tool for all commodities on farms ...