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Voluntary Economic and Environmental Risk Tradeoffs in Crop Protection Decisions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2016
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.
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- Economics and the Environment in the 21st Century
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- Copyright © 1998 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association
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