Evaluating the USFS State and Private Forestry Redesign: A first look at policy implications

Michael Cox, Sarah Mincey, Tatyana Ruseva, Sergio Villamayor-Tomas and Burney Fischer

Ecological Economics, 2013, vol. 85, issue C, 35-42

Abstract: Recently a shift has occurred in the way in which the United States Forest Service (USFS) distributes funds to states through its State and Private Forestry (S&PF) program. Traditionally S&PF has distributed money to states and territories formulaically. Now, under the 2008 Redesign Initiative, 15% of these funds are allocated through a competitive process. In this paper we analyze this initiative through the lens of institutional economics.

Keywords: Forest policy; Institutional economics; United States Forest Service; Principal–agent relationship; Transaction costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.09.018

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