ALTERNATIVE COST-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS TO INDUCE THE ADOPTION OF IMPROVED MANURE HANDLING TECHNIQUES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Douglas Southgate, Basil M.H. Sharp, Stephen Lovejoy and Nicolaas W. Bouwes

No 277815, 1979 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, Pullman, Washington from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: In this paper, empirical observations constitute the basis of a model of farm operations. The model is used to estimate the minimum subsidy rate necessary to induce farmers to Implement less-polluting manure management systems. The estimated rate is considerably below rates offered by current cost-sharing programs.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 1979-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277815

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