Spatial Arrangements of Externality Generating and Receiving Activities

Many cases of externalities in agricultural production such as pesticide drift, cross-pollination, and offensive odors are attributable to the incompatibility of neighboring land uses. This paper offers an examination of when an efficient activity arrangement is compatible with free-market incentives. Also, free-market and socially efficient activity arrangements are characterized in terms of spatial concentration of the externality generating uses.

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Year of publication:	2003-11
Authors:	Saak, Alexander E.
Institutions:	Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University
Subject:	externality \| graph partitioning \| land-use arrangement \| spatial concentration

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Series:	Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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