A regional bio-economic model of nitrogen use in cropping

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-91

  Mérel, Pierre ^a   Yi, Fujin ^b   Lee, Juhwan ^c   Six, Johan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bio economic modeling; calibration; nitrate; nitrogen tax; nitrous oxide; nonpoint source pollution; positive mathematical programming

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; IRRIGATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TAX;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOLO COUNTY;

EID: 84893390666     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat053     Document Type: Article

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