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| Brennan, Donna C.; Tapsuwan, Sorada; Ingram, Gordon. |
| Outdoor water restrictions are usually implemented as bans on a particular type of watering technology (sprinklers), which allow households to substitute for labour-intensive (hand-held) watering. This paper presents a household production model approach to analysing the impact of sprinkler restrictions on consumer welfare and their efficacy as a demand management tool. Central to our empirical analysis is an experimentally derived production function which describes the relationship between irrigation and lawn quality. We demonstrate that for a typical consumer complete sprinkler bans may be little more effective than milder restrictions policies, but are substantially more costly to the household. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Household model; Urban water demand; Urban water restrictions; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118331 |
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| Jia, Xiangping; Buchenrieder, Gertrud. |
| This Discussion Paper documents a survey conducted in rural China in 2005. A multi-topic survey funded by the Sino-German international Training Program "Sustainable Resource Use in North China", the project covers farm management, land property rights and rural credit access on the North China Plain. From a credit standpoint, this paper covers questionnaire design, sample, survey implementation, data entry, a brief assessment of the overall experience, as well as lessons drawn. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Questionnaire; Survey; Credit access; Household model; Categorical variables; Stata.; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C81; C93; D19. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90856 |
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| Jones, Alison Snow; Beach, Robert H.; Johnston, Stephen A.. |
| As U.S. farm income from tobacco production has declined in recent years, there has been increased interest in developing alternative sources of farm revenue to replace lost tobacco income, particularly in tobacco-dependent communities of the southeastern United States. The recent end of the tobacco quota program is expected to accelerate the exit of tobacco farmers and has heightened concern regarding the availability of profitable substitutes for tobacco. In this study, we examine the impact of farm, household, and market characteristics on tobacco farmer interest and success in on-farm and off-farm income diversification. Using survey data collected from a panel of North Carolina tobacco farmers in 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2004 combined with market data... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Tobacco; Farm diversification; Household model; Quota buyout.; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19151 |
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