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Willingness to Pay for Agricultural Research and Extension Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

John C. Whitehead ,
Thomas J. Hoban  and
William B. Clifford
John C. Whitehead
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Thomas J. Hoban
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
William B. Clifford
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Abstract

The North Carolina Agriculture Survey was designed to estimate the willingness to pay for agricultural research and extension programs. We find that North Carolina households are willing to pay between $218 and $401 million for food production programs and between $251 and $698 million for water quality programs annually. We find evidence of divergent validity and differences in the willingness to pay estimates from the single-bound and multiple-bound data.

Keywords

agricultural research and extension programscontingent valuationdivergent validitymultiple bound questionssingle bound questions
Type
Articles
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , April 2001 , pp. 91 - 101
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2001

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