Browsing Faculty Research Publications (Agricultural and Resource Economics) by Title

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Securing water for wetland conservation: A comparative analysis of policy options to protect a national nature reserve in China

Wu, Jian; Wu, JunJie; Wang, Xiaoxia; Zhong, Ma (Elsevier, 2012-02)

This study evaluates four policy options to secure the water supply needed for wetland conservation in Qixinghe—a national wetland nature reserve in China—using four criteria: cost effectiveness, probability of success i ...
Threshold Management in A Coupled Economic-Ecological System

Chen, Yong; Jayaprakash, Ciriyam; Irwin, Elena (Elsevier, 2012-11)

Economic analysis of optimal ecosystem management in the presence of a threshold has typically ignored the potential for induced behavioral responses. This paper contributes to the literature on non-convex ecosystem ma ...
Trade Policy Reform, Productivity Growth and Welfare in South Korean Agriculture

Yoo, Chun Kwon; Gopinath, Munisamy; Kim, Hanho (Oxford University Press, 2012)

We examine the effects of multilateral trade reform on Korean agriculture and economy. We first measure agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) and its components, technological and technical efficiency change, by e ...