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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
The Optimal Length of an Agricultural Carbon Contract
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| Autores: |
Gulati, Sumeet
Vercammen, James
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| Data: |
2008-06-09
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| Ano: |
2005
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| Palavras-chave: |
Carbon offset contracts
Greenhouse gas policy
Soil carbon
Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management
Q200
Q580
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| Resumo: |
In this paper we present the economic determinants of the optimal length of a carbon offset contract. We find that because of a declining capacity of the soil to sequester carbon, the optimal length of the carbon contract is finite (the marginal benefit of remaining in the contract is declining over time, whereas marginal opportunity cost is rising). We also explore the effect of varying key parameter values on the optimal length in the contract. If the contract requires the farmer to sequester at a higher rate, the farmer chooses the contract for a shorter length of time, and this may decrease rather than increase social welfare. If society places a higher value on carbon accumulation, the contract is chosen for a longer length of time. Finally, if both the farmer and society have a higher discount rate, the model provides a somewhat surprising result. The overall time in the contract, and benefits from carbon accumulation are higher when the common discount rate is higher.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/37027
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| Relação: |
University of Victoria>Resource and Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis Research Group>Working Papers
REPA Working Paper
2005-17
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| Formato: |
28
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