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Voluntary Economic and Environmental Risk Tradeoffs in Crop Protection Decisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Luanne Lohr ,
Timothy Park  and
Michael Wetzstein
Luanne Lohr
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia
Timothy Park
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia
Michael Wetzstein
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia
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Abstract

An indirect utility model is employed for measuring farmers’ willingness to voluntarily accept yield losses for a reduction in environmental risk by decreasing pesticide use. Results support the hypothesis that farmers have self-described risk perceptions that enable them to make assessments of risk-yield tradeoffs. Policies designed to encourage and assist farmers making voluntary pesticide reductions can result in environmental risk reduction.

Type
Economics and the Environment in the 21st Century
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , April 1998 , pp. 108 - 116
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Copyright © 1998 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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