Land Economics articles from May 1991

Land Economics archives from May 1991

Efficient policies to maintain total allowable catches in ITQ fisheries with at-sea processing. (individual transferable quotas)
May 1, 1991... I. INTRODUCTION Total allowable catches (TACs) are used to limit annual fish harvest throughout the world. They are used separately or as the basis for more refined techniques such as individual transferable quotas (ITQs). With ITQs,...

A bioeconomic model of the harp seal in the Northwest Atlantic.
May 1, 1991... The order Pinnipedia or "fin-feet" contains three families: walruses, "true seals," and eared seals. Nearly all species of pinnipeds have been hunted by man for their meat, fur, oil, or ivory. Perhaps the most controversial hunt in the long...

The impact of regional land-use controls on property values: the case of the New Jersey Pinelands.
May 1, 1991... I. INTRODUCTION Many state legislatures are considering the adoption of regional or statewide growth management programs. These programs promise open space and agricultural preservation as well as efficient suburban development...

The effect of labor supply and tax rates on intraurban location.
May 1, 1991... I. INTRODUCTION Most of the empirical literature on intraurban location, and virtually all of the empirical literature on labor supply, have assumed that the other literatures does not exist. Only one paper (Wales 1978) in...

Choice of housing tenure and wage compensation of hired agricultural workers.
May 1, 1991... I. INTRODUCTION Unlike workers in most other sectors of the economy, a substantial share of hired agricultural workers live in housing that is provided without rent. In most cases, this rent-free housing is provided as part of a total...

Whose price wins: institutional and technical change in agriculture.
May 1, 1991... The concern for environmental quality has become an increasingly dominant force for institutional and technical change in agriculture. More recently, surface- and ground-water pollution from agriculture have generated public debate over the...

Inference and optimal design for a welfare measure in dichotomous choice contingent valuation.
May 1, 1991... I. INTRODUCTION The contingent valuation method is a widely used approach for nonmarket valuation problems. Among other policy applications, it has been adopted by the U.S. Water Resources Council (1983) for the evaluation of...

Optimum forest rotation in an imperfect stumpage market with a changing demand function.
May 1, 1991... I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study is to determine the behavior of optimum lengths of forest rotation periods under conditions of imperfect markets and non-constant real price behavior for stumpage. The analysis expands on the...

Towards an environmental macroeconomics.
May 1, 1991... I. INTRODUCTION Environmental economics, as it is taught in universities and practiced in government agencies and development banks, is overwhelmingly microeconomics. The theoretical focus is on prices, and the big issue is how to...