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Induced Policy Innovation: Environmental Compliance Requirements for Dairies in Texas and Florida

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Amy Purvis Thurow  and
John Holt
Amy Purvis Thurow
Affiliation:
Texas A&M University
John Holt
Affiliation:
The University of Florida
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Abstract

Environmental policies make a difference in shaping producers' choices among dairy production technologies, the sizes and locations of their dairies, and even which dairies ultimately survive. Induced policy innovation means producers reacting to policies, and policies, in turn, being shaped by their effects. Profiles of experiences with environmental compliance in Texas and Florida were analyzed. Results demonstrate that the timing and sequencing of policy signals make a difference in compliance behavior and options. Furthermore, ex ante assessments of the costs of environmental compliance are challenging to carry out, and consequently can undermine the policy goal of maintaining the maximum number of options for compliance.

Keywords

environmental complianceex ante policy assessmentinduced policy innovation
Type
Invited Paper Sessions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , July 1997 , pp. 17 - 36
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1997

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