Commodity Programs and the Internalization of Erosion Costs: Do They Affect Crop Rotation Decisions?

Gregory Poe, Richard M. Klemme and Shawn J. McComb

No 270730, 1990 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Vancouver, Canada from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Using stochastic dominance, this paper investigates the impact of commodity programs and internalization of erosion costs on crop rotation decisions. Commodity programs are found to shift decisions towards more erosive rotations. Internalization of erosion costs affect rotation decisions under historical market conditions but not under conditions of commodity program participation.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17
Date: 1990-08-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.270730

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