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Impacts of Regional Growth on Farmland Development in the Northeast U.S

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  • Yohannes Hailu

    (Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University)

  • Cheryl Brown

    (Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University)

Abstract

This study models the relationship between regional growth and agricultural land development in the Northeast United States. A system of simultaneous equations is estimated using three-stage-least squares on county-level data. Results indicate that regional growth puts upward pressure on agricultural land values and downward pressure on the stock of agricultural land. Farm performance and some farmland protection policies were not effective in limiting farmland development.

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  • Yohannes Hailu & Cheryl Brown, 2007. "Impacts of Regional Growth on Farmland Development in the Northeast U.S," Working Papers Working Paper 2007-01, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University.
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    Keywords

    regional growth; agricultural land development; Northeast United States;
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    JEL classification:

    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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