Bioeconomic Analysis of Pesticide Demand

L. Joe Moffitt and Richard L. Farnsworth

Journal of Agricultural Economics Research, 1981, vol. 33, issue 4, 7

Abstract: The ability of insects to develop resistance to specific pesticides affects pesticide demand. However, the affect of resistance on demand cannot be observed or measured. This analysis substitutes an expression for the unobserved resistance variable in a pesticide demand model and then illustrates the model's potential by estimating demand for DDT. To arrive at the expression characterizing the unobserved resistance variable a biological resistance model is constructed then incorporated into the dosage response curve. Resistance development is hypothesized to be directly dependent on cumulative pesticide use.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.148797

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