What Drives Land-Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions
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- Ruben N. Lubowski & Andrew J. Plantinga & Robert N. Stavins, 2008. "What Drives Land-Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 84(4), pages 529-550.
- Lubowski, Ruben & Plantinga, Andrew & Stavins, Robert, 2007. "What Drives Land Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions," Working Paper Series rwp07-059, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
- Ruben N. Lubowski & Andrew J. Plantinga & Robert N. Stavins, 2007. "What Drives Land-Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions," NBER Working Papers 13572, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Lubowski, Ruben N. & Plantinga, Andrew J. & Stavins, Robert N., 2008. "What Drives Land-Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions," Natural Resources Management Working Papers 44534, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
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Keywords
Land Use; Land-Use Change; Econometric Analysis; Simulations;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O51 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - U.S.; Canada
- Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2008-10-28 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-RES-2008-10-28 (Resource Economics)
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