The impact of natural amenity on farmland values: A quantile regression approach

Land Use Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-160

  Uematsu, Hiroki ^a   Khanal, Aditya R ^b   Mishra, Ashok K ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation reserve payments; Direct and indirect farm payments; Farmland values; Natural amenity; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AMENITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FARMING SYSTEM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873859092     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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