Contributions

  • Plantinga, Andrew. - Contributor
  • Stavins, R. N. 1948- - Contributor
  • National Bureau of Economic Research. - Contributor

Publication

2007 - National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

10,250 words, Guess

Page Count

41 pages

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Description

Land-use changes involve important economic and environmental effects with implications for international trade, global climate change, wildlife, and other policy issues. We use an econometric model to identify factors driving land-use change in the United States between 1982 and 1997. We quantify the effects of net returns to alternative land uses on private landowners' decisions to allocate land among six major uses, drawing on detailed micro-data on land use and land quality that are comprehensive of the contiguous U.S. This analysis provides the first evidence of the relative historical importance of markets and Federal farm policies affecting land-use changes nationally.

Subjects

Topics

Land useEconometric modelsLand use -- United States -- Econometric models

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Series Statement

  • NBER working paper series -- no. 13572.
  • Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 13572.

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