POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RIGHT-TO-FARM

Adesoji Adelaja and Keith Friedman

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1999, vol. 31, issue 3, 15

Abstract: This paper investigates the motivations for local right-to-farm protection ordinances by estimating a logit model relating the adoption of these ordinances to various political, economic and demographic factors previously found to affect the likelihood of passage of farmland preservation policies. Results suggest that the probability of adopting right-to-farm policies increases with the size and political clout of the farm public and with incentives to promote right-to-farm. Adoption is not enhanced by environmental concerns, nor by factors known to encourage adoption of farmland preservation policies. These findings raise serious concerns about the long-run viability of protections afforded agriculture in urbanizing areas.

Keywords: Political; Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.15161

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