An empirical examination of the timing of land conversions in the presence of farmland preservation programs

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 613-626

  Towe, Charles A ^a   Nickerson, Cynthia J ^a   Bockstael, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Easement; Land conversion; Proportional hazard model; Purchase of development rights; Real options; Semiparametric duration analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

EID: 45449096110     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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