An analysis of the effects of uncertainty and irreversibility on farmer participation in the conservation reserve program

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 242-259

  Isik, Murat ^a   Yang, Wanhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; CRP; Farmer participation; Land rental payments; Option values; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544325809     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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