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Understanding Agricultural Liability: Maryland’s Right-to-Farm Law Can Limit Liability for Maryland Farm, Commercial Fishing, and Seafood Operators
(2017-09)Many individuals moving into agricultural areas in Maryland have no farm backgrounds and little understanding of agricultural operations. The same is true of commercial fishing and seafood operations in Maryland. Once ... -
United States Farm Subsidies: A Question of Equity and Efficiency
(CANRP, 2012-02-03)Are United States farm subsidies fair? Should they and can they be made more fair? Do farm subsidies even impact their intended targets? Dr. Barrett Kirwan at the University of Maryland takes a closer look. -
Using Farm Bill Programs The “Sum of the Parts” = Protection for Your Farm
(2014-09)This presentation was presented as a part of the 2014 Delaware and Maryland Crop Insurance Workshop. -
USING PREDICTED MARKET VALUES FOR ECOLOGICALLY VALUABLE NATURAL LANDS IN LAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM OPTIMAL TARGETING SCHEME: APPLICATION TO MARYLAND'S GREENPRINT PROGRAM
(2005-08-10)Thirty-eight U.S. states have programs to preserve land with ecological value yet few consider land acquisition costs in their selection criteria although targeting could improve the efficiency of these programs. To ... -
Using the APAS Decision Tool
(2014-11)This presentation provides an overview of the decision tool developed by the University of Illinois. -
Using the MPP Dairy Dashboard
(2015-11)Provides an overview of how to utilize the MPP Dairy Dashboard decision tool. -
Using Tontines to Finance Public Goods: Experimental Evidence
(2004-04-20)Relying upon voluntary contributions for public goods provision generally results in the under-provision of the good relative to first-best levels due to the free-rider problem. Taxation/allocation schemes have been ... -
The Value of Mortality Risk Reductions in Delhi, India
(2006-11-27)Road accidents kill nearly 1.2 million people each year worldwide, two-thirds of whom live in developing countries. Traffic crashes may indeed become the third leading cause of death in developing countries by the year ... -
The Value of Climate Amenities: A Disequilibrium Approach
(2008-08-04)Formulating efficient climate policies requires estimates of the impacts of climate change. An important category of impacts are climate amenities--the value people attach to temperature and precipitation. There is a ... -
Valuing Climate Amenities In Brazil Using A Hedonic Pricing Framework
(2005-08-04)In this dissertation, I measure the amenity value of climate in Brazil. The value is useful for the measurement of one consequence of greenhouse gas emissions, climate change. A basic hedonic framework shows that ... -
Valuing On-Farm Heir’s Sweat Equity Is Complicated: Agreements Can Fairly Compensate On-Farm Heirs
(2018-10)Determining the value of sweat equity can be both challenging and controversial for farm families. Sweat equity arises as an issue when an on-farm heir receives payment at below market rate, and the farm business grows in ... -
Water Quality Credit Trading
(CANRP, 2011-12-16)Can aggressive pollution reduction in one sector compensate for continued pollution in another? Pollution credit markets are designed to make this trade-off work. But is the time ripe for water quality credit trading systems ... -
What Do Property Values Really Tell Us? Evidence From Revealed and Stated Preference Studies
(2011)In the absence of markets for environmental quality, researchers resort to stated and revealed preference techniques to estimate the benefits of environmental programs. One of the most widely used revealed preference ... -
What is the most effective way to deliver life-saving anti-malarial bed nets in the developing world?
(CANRP, 2011-11-22)Does free distribution to vulnerable households do more harm than good, or is it a critical component of an overall strategy? Dr. Vivian Hoffmann at the University of Maryland examines this issue and comes to a surprising ... -
When Income Depends on Performance and Luck: The Effects of Culture and Information on Giving
(2017-01)We study how giving depends on income and luck, and how culture and information about the determinants of others’ income affect this relationship. Our data come from an experiment conducted in two countries, the US and ... -
Who Participates in the Voluntary Cleanup Program: Lessons from Baltimore City
(CANRP, 2012-06-22)If the sheer size of land endowment is an indicator of an economy’s potential, then the United States is fortunate indeed. However, there exist land tracts, in urban and rural areas, which are left unused due to concerns ...