Production Incentives from Static Decoupling: Land Use Exclusion Restrictions

David Just and Jaclyn D. Kropp

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2013, vol. 95, issue 5, 1049-1067

Abstract: Many agricultural support payments are based on past production with restrictions on how land may currently be used. When support payments to field crops are analyzed in a static framework, they do not directly impact current production decisions. However, over time, as relative profits change, these payments affect current output. The payments may keep land in less profitable production of program crops through restrictions prohibiting potentially more profitable endeavors such as cultivating fruits and vegetables. These payments have the potential to lead to production and trade distortions similar in magnitude to the distortions associated with direct production subsidies. Copyright 2013, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2013
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