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We investigate second-best, input-based taxes foragricultural nonpoint pollution control when marketprices are …
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guidance to the States on developing point-nonpoint trading programs, and United States Department of Agriculture is …
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consistent with economic theory, empirical measurement of impacts has not generated consistent results. This is true both for …
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systems for years to come. Both resilience theory and the diffusion of innovations theory investigate how change is brought …
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Vor dem Hintergrund der Integration Polens in die Europäische Union (EU) werden in der vorliegenden Arbeit die Auswirkungen verschiedener agrarpolitischer Optionen untersucht. Als mögliche Varianten wurden dabei die Agenda 2000 sowie eine vollständige Liberalisierung der Gemeinsamen...
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Policy makers aiming to get private landholders to provide non-marketed environmental services need to provide efficient economic incentives. Two ideas have been explored to achieve this: linking contract payments to environmental outcomes and putting the contracts up for tender. This paper...
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This paper explores two ideas to enhance the performance of agri-environmental contracting schemes: linking contract payments to environmental outcomes and putting the contracts up for tender. This paper investigates whether there are any gains to be had by combining the benefits of both...
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This paper focuses on how electric utility companies can respond in their decision making to uncertain variables. Here we take a mean- variance type of approach. The mean'' value is an expected cost, on a discounted value basis. We assume that management has risk preferences incorporating a...
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To remain viable, agriculture in each location must offer returns that are competitive with those from alternative … investments and sufficient to cover producers' financial obligations. Economic theory says that rates of return converge over time … study examines spatial relationships in agriculture's profitability over time. Results show temporal and spatial convergence …
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considerably dependent on agriculture. …
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