Landowner Incorporation of Onsite Soil Erosion Costs: An Application to the Conservation Reserve Program
利用保护储备计划首次注册数据,研究土地所有者是否在土地管理策略中考虑土壤侵蚀对生产力的影响,发现除农业带外,农民普遍未理解或未应对土壤侵蚀的现场生产力效应。
Abstract Using data from the first signup of the Conservation Reserve Program, this paper examines whether or not landowners consider soil erosion productivity effects as they formulate their land management strategies. The empirical results indicate that regional differences exist in how well landowners incorporate the intertemporal consequences of land management decisions. With the exception of the Farm Belt, farmers either do not understand or are failing to act on the onsite productivity effects caused by soil erosion.