Priorities in Cost Sharing for Soil and Water Conservation: A Revealed Preference Study
通过揭示偏好方法，研究了1994-1996年马里兰州联邦成本分担资金的分配标准，发现资金优先用于提高农业生产力和农场盈利能力的项目，但与环境保护目标并不矛盾。
<i>A number of studies have questioned how successfully paid land diversion has been adapted to address broad environmental policy concerns. Similar evaluations of cost-sharing programs have not been performed. This paper uses a revealed preference approach to estimate the implicit decision criteria used to allocate federal cost-sharing funds in Maryland, during the fiscal years 1994 through 1996. Funds appear to have been awarded preferentially to projects that enhanced agricultural productivity and farm profitability. In contrast to findings regarding the CRP, however, our results do not indicate that cost share awards in Maryland were inconsistent with stated environmental quality priorities.</i>