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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Agri-Environmental Policies When the Spatial Pattern of Biodiversity Reserves Matters
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| Autores: |
Bamiére, Laure
David, Maia
Vermont, Bruno
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| Data: |
2011-08-31
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Agri-environmental policies
Biodiversity
Mathematical programming
Spatial optimization
Reserve design
Cost-efficiency
Environmental Economics and Policy
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
H23
Q57
Q12
Q28
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| Resumo: |
The aim of this paper is to compare different policy instruments for cost-effective habitat conservation on agricultural lands, when the desired spatial pattern of reserves is a random mosaic. We use a spatially explicit mathematical programming model which studies the farmers' behavior as profit maximizers under technical and administrative constraints. Facing different policy measures, each farmer chooses its land-use at the field level, which determines the landscape at the regional level. A spatial pattern index (Ripley L function) is then associated to the obtained landscape, indicating on the degree of dispersion of the reserve. We compare a subsidy per hectare of reserve with an auction scheme and an agglomeration malus. We find that the auction is superior to the uniform subsidy both for cost-efficiency and for the spatial pattern of the reserve. The agglomeration malus does better than the auction for the spatial pattern but is more costly.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/114239
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| Relação: |
European Association of Agricultural Economists>2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland
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| Formato: |
12
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