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

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.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Cox, Michael ; Mincey, Sarah ; Ruseva, Tatyana ; Villamayor-Tomas, Sergio ; Fischer, Burney
Published in:	Ecological Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0921-8009. - Vol. 85.2013, C, p. 35-42
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Forest policy \| Institutional economics \| United States Forest Service \| Principal–agent relationship \| Transaction costs

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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