CREP: Cattle Receiving Enhanced Pastures? Investigating Landowner Response to Federal Incentives
利用1998-2010年保护储备增强计划河岸缓冲子项目的注册数据，发现养牛大县获得更多初始激励，且养牛户对激励反应更敏感，因为激励可用于改善牧场。
Using enrollment data on the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program’s river buffer subprogram from 1998 to 2010, we observe that counties in the top quintile of cattle production receive almost twice as much in initial incentives. Further, in counties with high levels of cattle ranching, enrollments are more responsive per dollar of initial incentive offered. Program regulations allow cattle ranchers to include in their initial incentives “cost share” funding they can use to improve their ranches, while other participants’ up-front costs benefit them less directly. To improve program cost-effectiveness, policy designers should consider how producer and incentive characteristics interact. <i></i>