Calibrating benefit function transfer to assess the conservation reserve program

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 151-162

  Feather, Peter ^a   Hellerstein, Daniel ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Conservation Reserve Program; Double hurdle model; Random utility model; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0031410532     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243950     Document Type: Article

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