Policy and Economics
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"Non-Market Values And Social Welfare: Harm Preventing Vs. Public Good Agro-Environmental Policies." Project Leaders: H. De Gorter & G. L. Poe. Applied Economics & Management. Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853 Start Date: October 1998.
Summary: This project explores the interaction between environmental and agricultural support policies in a domestic and international context. Past research has developed a conceptual framework for linking policies with negative agricultural environmental externalities. This project proposes to extend this analysis to include positive (e.g. open space) as well as negative (e.g. water quality) externalities. Such a model would provide a more complete ranking of the social desirability of various policies from an efficiency perspective. This conceptual model will be extended to pesticide pollution and wetlands nationally. It will also be used to evaluate milk support prices and water quality issues in NY.
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"Economics Of Sustainable Food, Forest And Mining Systems." Project Leaders: F. J. Hitzhusen; Batte, M. T.; Ward, A. D. Agriculture, Environment And Development Economics Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210. 1995 - 2000.
Summary: Project goal was to assess the farm level economics, water quality and erosion implications of selected sustainable farming systems (including white pine plantations) of non-Amish and Amish Ohio farmers. Farm profitability was estimated for a sample of non-Amish and Amish farming systems including white pine plantations. The downstream economic impacts of alternative food, forest and coal strip mining systems was established utilizing hedonic pricing, travel cost and contingent valuation models. Additional research results were incorporated into a benefits transfer model to generalize results to other watersheds. For more information, see:
Allaire, Frank, Fred Hitzhusen, et al "Learning Sustainable Development with a Farm Enterprise and its Community", Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, Fall 2000.
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