United states farm commodity programs and land use

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 803-820

  Gardner, Bruce ^a   Hardie, Ian ^a   Parks, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropland; Federal farm subsidies; Forestland; Instrumental variables; Land use response; Pasture; Range; United States

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; CROP PRODUCTION; FARM; LAND USE; PASTURE; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957662367     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aap039     Document Type: Article

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