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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Nov 1, 1985
Costs and benefits of conservation programs depend on the fraction of participants adopting a pra... more Costs and benefits of conservation programs depend on the fraction of participants adopting a practice. Under risk, it is not clear whether predictions of adoption should be based on adoption's effect on the farmers' entire income distribution or only on its mean and variance. It is also unclear whether one must elicit the farmer's subjective beliefs about the effect on his income distribution or whether some “objective” distribution can be used. This paper describes how well mean‐variance and stochastic efficiency criteria predicted adoption of a reduced tillage practice in a watershed in central Indiana when applied to “objective” and “subjective” income distributions.
1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT, 1998
Journal of Range Management, 1988
Northeastern journal of agricultural and resource economics, Apr 1, 1991
Agriculture's impact on the environment is a complex research problem. A challenge to future econ... more Agriculture's impact on the environment is a complex research problem. A challenge to future economic research is to account for the interrelationship between agricultural production activities, soil productivity y, erosion, and water quality. It will become increasing y important to determine not otrly the economic consequences, but also the environmental effectiveness of alternative policies aimed at improving resource use and quality. The application of biophysical simulation models to environmental quality problems provides a means to better understand the complex interaction between agricultural production and environmental quafity.
Journal of The American Water Resources Association, Aug 1, 1982
Concern over the pollution of our lakes and streams has becom a major issue in the United States.... more Concern over the pollution of our lakes and streams has becom a major issue in the United States. Sedimentation from agriculturrrl lands has been identified as a signifkant factor in water pollution. Some citizens suggwt that government should force compliance with soil loss standads, while others suggest that we ask farmers to voluntarily comply. Related questions are "DO farmers think government should be involved in controlling erosion and protecting water quality?" "To what extent should government be involved?" What level of government should be involved? Federal? State? Local? "Why should pay for water quality projects?" Farmers from a small watershed in northeastern Indiana were interviewed before and after a major demonstration project. Their responses suggest that farmers feel that individual landowners should be responsible for controlling erosion and agricultural nonpoint source water pollution. However, over 60 percent of the study fanners indicated that the federal government should play an important role, in terms of both technical and financial assistance.
Florida Entomologist, Mar 1, 1993
A simple model is presented which calculates the expected net benefits of classical biological co... more A simple model is presented which calculates the expected net benefits of classical biological control projects. Estimates of project cost, length, change of success, and the time value of money are used to calculate the potential benefit necessary to economically justify investment in a typical project. The potential benefit is about $62 thousand per year. The effects of changing key model parameters on the level of the required benefit are explored.
Journal of applied communications, Mar 1, 1987
Much of our work in cooperative extension deals with the transfer of information or technology to... more Much of our work in cooperative extension deals with the transfer of information or technology to clientele. Therefore, it is extremely important that we use the most effective and efficient means possible in carrying out this task.
Journal of Environmental Management, Dec 1, 1991
The general focus of this paper is the regional estimation of marginal benefits of targeted water... more The general focus of this paper is the regional estimation of marginal benefits of targeted water pollution abatement to instream uses. Benefit estimates are derived from actual consumer choices of recreational fishing activities and the implied expenditures for various levels of water quality. The methodology is applied to measuring the benefits accruing to recreational anglers in Indiana from the abatement of pollutants that are by-products of agricultural crop production.
Choices. The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resources Issues, 1991
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1999
As conservationists, we often approach the question posed in the title above as, “We hope so,” ev... more As conservationists, we often approach the question posed in the title above as, “We hope so,” even while we stress an environmental ethic or adoption of BMPs as a way to avoid regulation. A forthcoming Journal of Soil and Water Conservation article (Harbor, et.al) discovered that building lots with vegetative cover sell for more than bare lots. In fact, the difference is greater than the cost of seeding. This suggests that developers could increase their profits if they planted vegetative covers. A recent development project I was asked to review had a unique concept for maximizing their returns while preserving aspects of the environment. The developer set aside over 20 percent of the acreage and is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to restore ecological integrity to those acres by planting native grasses and trees, curtailing streambank erosion, and restoring wetlands. The developer will then deed those acres with conservation easements to a local land trust for the long-term management. The company has even platted their development so that there are not home sites on the wooded bluff overlooking the riparian corridor and they are planning for some mixed use commercial in order to reduce dependence …
Abstract (English) Extract: This publication outlines the location of Indiana's coal reserve... more Abstract (English) Extract: This publication outlines the location of Indiana's coal reserves, patterns of production and consumption, alternative mining techniques and their potential consequences and what landowners should look for in a coal lease
Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Dec 1, 1997
Choices. The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resources Issues, 1989
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, May 1, 1996
Socio-economic Planning Sciences, 1983
Social scientists investigating the impacts of energy development are increasingly searching for ... more Social scientists investigating the impacts of energy development are increasingly searching for predictive models of the employment benefits to locals. This issue is of extreme importance not only because of the benefits to locals but because of the issue of local benefits as well as the connection with population growth and boom town development. Unfortunately, some of the recent investigations and predictive models are of little utility as a result of certain analytical and methodological faults, including improper assumptions about local labor supply and local preferences. In addition to the assessment of previous investigations, a framework for predicting local employment impacts is suggested. This framework utilizes characteristics and preferences of the local population.
Land Economics, May 1, 1982
Several observers have suggested that the "turnaround migration stream&a... more Several observers have suggested that the "turnaround migration stream" may have significant impacts upon nonmetropolitan communities. As the population of these communities grows, the demands on the public sector for goods and services also increases, ...
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Nov 1, 1985
Costs and benefits of conservation programs depend on the fraction of participants adopting a pra... more Costs and benefits of conservation programs depend on the fraction of participants adopting a practice. Under risk, it is not clear whether predictions of adoption should be based on adoption's effect on the farmers' entire income distribution or only on its mean and variance. It is also unclear whether one must elicit the farmer's subjective beliefs about the effect on his income distribution or whether some “objective” distribution can be used. This paper describes how well mean‐variance and stochastic efficiency criteria predicted adoption of a reduced tillage practice in a watershed in central Indiana when applied to “objective” and “subjective” income distributions.
1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT, 1998
Journal of Range Management, 1988
Northeastern journal of agricultural and resource economics, Apr 1, 1991
Agriculture's impact on the environment is a complex research problem. A challenge to future econ... more Agriculture's impact on the environment is a complex research problem. A challenge to future economic research is to account for the interrelationship between agricultural production activities, soil productivity y, erosion, and water quality. It will become increasing y important to determine not otrly the economic consequences, but also the environmental effectiveness of alternative policies aimed at improving resource use and quality. The application of biophysical simulation models to environmental quality problems provides a means to better understand the complex interaction between agricultural production and environmental quafity.
Journal of The American Water Resources Association, Aug 1, 1982
Concern over the pollution of our lakes and streams has becom a major issue in the United States.... more Concern over the pollution of our lakes and streams has becom a major issue in the United States. Sedimentation from agriculturrrl lands has been identified as a signifkant factor in water pollution. Some citizens suggwt that government should force compliance with soil loss standads, while others suggest that we ask farmers to voluntarily comply. Related questions are "DO farmers think government should be involved in controlling erosion and protecting water quality?" "To what extent should government be involved?" What level of government should be involved? Federal? State? Local? "Why should pay for water quality projects?" Farmers from a small watershed in northeastern Indiana were interviewed before and after a major demonstration project. Their responses suggest that farmers feel that individual landowners should be responsible for controlling erosion and agricultural nonpoint source water pollution. However, over 60 percent of the study fanners indicated that the federal government should play an important role, in terms of both technical and financial assistance.
Florida Entomologist, Mar 1, 1993
A simple model is presented which calculates the expected net benefits of classical biological co... more A simple model is presented which calculates the expected net benefits of classical biological control projects. Estimates of project cost, length, change of success, and the time value of money are used to calculate the potential benefit necessary to economically justify investment in a typical project. The potential benefit is about $62 thousand per year. The effects of changing key model parameters on the level of the required benefit are explored.
Journal of applied communications, Mar 1, 1987
Much of our work in cooperative extension deals with the transfer of information or technology to... more Much of our work in cooperative extension deals with the transfer of information or technology to clientele. Therefore, it is extremely important that we use the most effective and efficient means possible in carrying out this task.
Journal of Environmental Management, Dec 1, 1991
The general focus of this paper is the regional estimation of marginal benefits of targeted water... more The general focus of this paper is the regional estimation of marginal benefits of targeted water pollution abatement to instream uses. Benefit estimates are derived from actual consumer choices of recreational fishing activities and the implied expenditures for various levels of water quality. The methodology is applied to measuring the benefits accruing to recreational anglers in Indiana from the abatement of pollutants that are by-products of agricultural crop production.
Choices. The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resources Issues, 1991
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1999
As conservationists, we often approach the question posed in the title above as, “We hope so,” ev... more As conservationists, we often approach the question posed in the title above as, “We hope so,” even while we stress an environmental ethic or adoption of BMPs as a way to avoid regulation. A forthcoming Journal of Soil and Water Conservation article (Harbor, et.al) discovered that building lots with vegetative cover sell for more than bare lots. In fact, the difference is greater than the cost of seeding. This suggests that developers could increase their profits if they planted vegetative covers. A recent development project I was asked to review had a unique concept for maximizing their returns while preserving aspects of the environment. The developer set aside over 20 percent of the acreage and is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to restore ecological integrity to those acres by planting native grasses and trees, curtailing streambank erosion, and restoring wetlands. The developer will then deed those acres with conservation easements to a local land trust for the long-term management. The company has even platted their development so that there are not home sites on the wooded bluff overlooking the riparian corridor and they are planning for some mixed use commercial in order to reduce dependence …
Abstract (English) Extract: This publication outlines the location of Indiana's coal reserve... more Abstract (English) Extract: This publication outlines the location of Indiana's coal reserves, patterns of production and consumption, alternative mining techniques and their potential consequences and what landowners should look for in a coal lease
Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Dec 1, 1997
Choices. The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resources Issues, 1989
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, May 1, 1996
Socio-economic Planning Sciences, 1983
Social scientists investigating the impacts of energy development are increasingly searching for ... more Social scientists investigating the impacts of energy development are increasingly searching for predictive models of the employment benefits to locals. This issue is of extreme importance not only because of the benefits to locals but because of the issue of local benefits as well as the connection with population growth and boom town development. Unfortunately, some of the recent investigations and predictive models are of little utility as a result of certain analytical and methodological faults, including improper assumptions about local labor supply and local preferences. In addition to the assessment of previous investigations, a framework for predicting local employment impacts is suggested. This framework utilizes characteristics and preferences of the local population.
Land Economics, May 1, 1982
Several observers have suggested that the "turnaround migration stream&a... more Several observers have suggested that the "turnaround migration stream" may have significant impacts upon nonmetropolitan communities. As the population of these communities grows, the demands on the public sector for goods and services also increases, ...