Does participation in the conservation reserve program impact the economic well-being of farm households?

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-212

  Chang, Hung Hao ^a   Lambert, Dayton M ^b   Mishra, Ashok K ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program; Economic well being; Farm household; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAVINGS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EID: 41749113535     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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