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We develop a real option model of the irreversible native grassland conversion decision. Upon plowing, native grassland can be followed by either a permanent cropping sys [...]
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2013-02 |
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We compute the fertilizer use in corn, cotton, soybeans, and rapeseed in the period from 1990 to 2010 for a set of selected countries. In each case, we present the consum [...]
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2012-12 |
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The purpose of this review and analysis is to provide a basic understanding of the issues related to worldwide hypoxic zones and the range of economic questions sorely in [...]
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2012-10 |
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Nonpoint-source pollution remains a troubling source of water quality problems despite decades of economics research on the matter. Among the chief difficulties for addre [...]
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2012-09 |
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Knittel and Smith present seven alternative versions of our model all of which apparently show a lower impact of ethanol production on gasoline prices. Four of these mode [...]
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2012-09 |
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School environment and policies affect children’s healthy eating choices both at and away from school. We estimate their effect on fruit and vegetable intakes and contr [...]
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2012-09 |
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There have long been concerns that federal crop insurance subsidies may significantly impact land use decisions. It is well known that classical insurance market informat [...]
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2012-09 |
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In a recent working paper, Christopher Knittel and Aaron Smith present an attack on a peer-reviewed paper “The Impact of Ethanol Production on US and Regional Gasoline [...]
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2012-08 |
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We update the findings of the impact of ethanol production on U.S. and regional gasoline markets as reported previously in Du and Hayes (2009 and 2011), by extending the [...]
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2012-05 |
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This paper models producers’ interdependent incentives to participate in a voluntary livestock disease control program. Under strategic complementarity among participat [...]
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2012-04 |
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