Do landowners respond to land retirement incentives? Evidence from the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program

Land Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-30

  Suter, Jordan F ^a   Poe, Gregory L ^b,c   Bills, Nelson L ^b  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVE; LAND RIGHTS; LANDOWNER; LANDOWNERSHIP;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41449091876     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.84.1.17     Document Type: Article

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