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A Model to Explain Participation in New York's Agricultural Districts and Use-Value Assessment Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Richard N. Boisvert ,
Nelson L. Bills  and
Elizabeth Bailey
Richard N. Boisvert
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
Nelson L. Bills
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
Elizabeth Bailey
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
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Abstract

Logit regression models are estimated to identify factors affecting decisions to enroll farmland in New York's agricultural districts program and participate in the use-value assessment program. The results suggest that the districts law is consistent with preserving the best farmland at the rural-urban fringe and that the decision to enroll in agricultural districts affects in a recursive fashion the decision to participate in the use-value assessment program. Short-term monetary gains are the overriding considerations in applying for use-value exemptions. This may lead to additional erosion of the tax base via tax preferences for agricultural land.

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Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , October 1988 , pp. 167 - 177
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Copyright © 1988 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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