Agricultural adaptation to climate policies under technical change

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Agricultural adaptation to climate policies under technical change

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Uwe A. Schneider
Michael Obersteiner
Erwin Schmid
Bruce A. McCarl () (Research unit Sustainability and Global Change, Hamburg)

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Abstract

This study uses a partial equilibrium model of the US agricultural sector to examine how technical progress and carbon price levels affect land management adaptation. We find that the climate policy range, over which a more extensive agriculture is preferred, decreases as crop yields increase. Second, technical progress with traditional crops offers less mitigation benefits than progress with mitigation options themselves. Third, while agricultural producers benefit from technical progress on energy crops, they fare worse if technical progress improves traditional crops and low carbon prices.

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Paper provided by Research unit Sustainability and Global Change, Hamburg University in its series Working Papers with number FNU-133.

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Length: 35 pages
Date of creation: Oct 2007
Date of revision: Jan 2008
Handle: RePEc:sgc:wpaper:133

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Q11 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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NEP-AGR-2008-03-01 (Agricultural Economics)
NEP-ALL-2008-03-01 (All new papers)
NEP-CMP-2008-03-01 (Computational Economics)
NEP-ENE-2008-03-01 (Energy Economics)
NEP-ENV-2008-03-01 (Environmental Economics)

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Heng-Chi Lee & Bruce A. McCarl & Dhazn Gillig, 2005. "The Dynamic Competitiveness of U.S. Agricultural and Forest Carbon Sequestration," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 53(4), pages 343-357, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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- Heng-Chi Lee & Bruce A. McCarl, 2004. "The Dynamic Competitiveness of U.S. Agricultural and Forest Carbon Sequestration," UWO Department of Economics Working Papers 20044, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics, revised Nov 2003. [Downloadable!]
Uwe A. Schneider & Bruce A. McCarl, 2006. "Appraising agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation potentials: effects of alternative assumptions," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 35(3), pages 277-287, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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- Uwe A. Schneider & Bruce A. McCarl, 2005. "Appraising Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potentials: Effects of Alternative Assumptions," Working Papers FNU-81, Research unit Sustainability and Global Change, Hamburg University, revised Jul 2005. [Downloadable!]
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Schneider, Uwe A. & McCarl, Bruce A., 2005. "Implications of a Carbon-Based Energy Tax for U.S. Agriculture," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 34(2), October. [Downloadable!]
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- Uwe A. Schneider & Bruce A. McCarl, 2003. "Implications Of A Carbon Based Energy Tax For U.S. Agriculture," Working Papers FNU-17, Research unit Sustainability and Global Change, Hamburg University, revised Jan 2003. [Downloadable!]
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- Lubowski, Ruben & Plantinga, Andrew & Stavins, Robert, 2005. "Land-Use Change and Carbon Sinks: Econometric Estimation of the Carbon Sequestration Supply Function," Working Paper Series rwp05-001, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. [Downloadable!]
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- Schneider, Uwe A. & McCarl, Bruce A., 2001. "Economic Potential of Biomass-Based Fuels for Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation," Staff General Research Papers 2011, Iowa State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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