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Political Economy of Right-to-Farm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Adesoji O. Adelaja  and
Keith Friedman
Adesoji O. Adelaja
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Keith Friedman
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Abstract

This paper investigates the motivations for local right-to-farm protection ordinances by estimating a logit model relating the adoption of these ordinances to various political, economic and demographic factors previously found to affect the likelihood of passage of farmland preservation policies. Results suggest that the probability of adopting right-to-farm policies increases with the size and political clout of the farm public and with incentives to promote right-to-farm. Adoption is not enhanced by environmental concerns, nor by factors known to encourage adoption of farmland preservation policies. These findings raise serious concerns about the long-run viability of protections afforded agriculture in urbanizing areas.

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nuisance litigationopen spacepolitical economyrestrictive ordinancesright-to-farm
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , December 1999 , pp. 565 - 579
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1999

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