The Stochastic Effects of a Ban on Toxaphene Use on Cotton

Reuben N. Weisz, Ronald R. Miller and William Quinby

Journal of Agricultural Economics Research, 1979, vol. 31, issue 3, 11

Abstract: A ban on toxaphene use In control of the cotton budworm bollworm would Increase the average price of cotton 8S well as Its Price instability It would decrease the level and Increase the variability of cotton Yield and production Such 8 ban would also decrease the expected value but not the veflonC8 of exports A Monte Carlo economic simulation model was used to evaluate stochastic Impacts of pesticide regulation This methodology should be applicable also In future technology Impact policy analyses

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1979
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