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Additionality Violations in Agricultural Payment for Service Programs: Experimental Evidence

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This article defines perfect program additionality (PPA) for payment for ecosystem services subsidy programs and formalizes potential violations of PPA. PPA is examined for multiple subsidy programs in an experimental setting using a variant of the common public good game. A large proportion of subsidized activities are found to be nonadditional. Further, two sources of nonadditionality are identified and tested for: the pay-for-nothing effect and crowding-out. The extent to which subsidies generate truly additional benefits is a function of both the design of the subsidy program and, crucially, whether the incentivized best management practice acts as a substitute for other best management practices.

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  • Gregory Howard, 2020. "Additionality Violations in Agricultural Payment for Service Programs: Experimental Evidence," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 96(2), pages 244-264.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:96:y:2020:i:2:p:244-264
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.96.2.244
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    1. Wan, Xiaolan & Howard, Gregory & Zhang, Wendong, 2022. "Enrollment Restrictions and the Adoption of Conservation Practices in the U.S. Corn Belt," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322793, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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