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Temporal Spillovers in Land Conservation

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Temporal spillovers occur when a conservation program preserves land during a contract period but shifts non-conservation use to laterÑor, worse, induces more intensive use later. This may happen when conservation improves land so that returns to other uses are increased. I explore temporal spillovers of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). I use a pre-analysis sample specification step to choose counterfactual land most like the CRP land. I find that CRP causes some land to be 22-27% more likely to be farmed, potentially offsetting some environmental benefits. However, farmed ex-CRP land is slightly more likely to use a conservation practice.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, Williams College in its series Department of Economics Working Papers with number 2010-10.

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Length: 40 pages
Date of creation: Apr 2010
Date of revision: Apr 2012
Handle: RePEc:wil:wileco:2010-10

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Keywords: Conservation Reserve Program; land use; environmental policy; farm policy;

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  1. Cooper, Joseph C. & Osborn, Tim, 1998. "The effect of rental rates on the extension of Conservation Reserve Program contracts," MPRA Paper 24781, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  2. JunJie Wu, 2000. "Slippage Effects of the Conservation Reserve Program," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 82(4), pages 979-992.
  3. Silvia Secchi & Bruce A. Babcock, 2007. "Impact of High Crop Prices on Environmental Quality: A Case of Iowa and the Conservation Reserve Program," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 07-wp447, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
  4. Michael J. Roberts & Ruben N. Lubowski, 2007. "Enduring Impacts of Land Retirement Policies: Evidence from the Conservation Reserve Program," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 83(4), pages 516-538.
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