Accounting for Spatial Effects in Economic Models of Land Use: Recent Developments and Challenges Ahead

Brady, Michael P.; Irwin, Elena G.

doi:10.1007/s10640-010-9446-6

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“…Where an HNV farmland indicator is used as a proxy of changes in the maintenance of natural and semi-natural systems, spatial econometric models lead to a better formulation of causality when distribution is affected by spatial heterogeneities and associations (Brady and Irwin 2011). We made an empirical analysis of Tuscany region.…”

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Understanding linkages between common agricultural policy and High Nature Value (HNV) farmland provision: an empirical analysis in Tuscany Region

Bartolini

Brunori

2014

Agric Econ

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The connection between agriculture and environment is a central topic to the agricultural policy agenda and it has been the core of policy reforms. These linkages have been strengthened by the 2003 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform that has introduced a set of environmental rules as a condition to receive Single Farm Payments (SFP). Consequently, the provision of environmental goods is addressed by both CAP pillars I and II, respectively, with cross-compliance belonging to pillar I while the second axis Rural Development Program (RDP) measures belong to the pillar II. The aim of this paper is to analyse the provision of environmental goods provided by agricultural activities and the impact the Common Agricultural Policy has on such provision. This aim is pursued firstly by quantifying an environmental quality indicator based on the concept of High Nature Value (HNV) farmland and, secondly by testing Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) techniques and spatial econometric models as means to identify provision determinants that improve causality in spatially non-stationary data. The analysis highlights the relevance of spatial models in improving the quality of the estimation, while model results show that rural development program measures and income support payments have opposite effects. Results confirm the relevance of productive factor use and entrepreneurship in explaining differences on environmental quality provision.

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Understanding linkages between common agricultural policy and High Nature Value (HNV) farmland provision: an empirical analysis in Tuscany Region

Bartolini

Brunori

2014

Agric Econ

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“…In addition, we contrast the performance of our structural approach with the traditional, reduced-form land share model, widely applied in the literature to analyze land use (e.g. Wu and Segerson, 1995;Langpap et al, 2008; for a review see Brady and Irwin, 2011).…”

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Valuing Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Agriculture: The Impact of Climate Change on Food Production in the United Kingdom

Fezzi

Bateman

Askew

et al. 2013

Environ Resource Econ

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This paper provides an estimate of the contribution of the ecosystem to the provisioning services generated by agriculture. This is achieved by estimating the changes in productivity generated by a marginal alteration in ecosystem inputs. As an example, we consider the changes in rainfall and temperature projected by the recent UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP). The analysis implements a spatially explicit, econometric model of agricultural land use based on the methodology recently developed by Fezzi and Bateman (2011). Land use area and livestock stocking rates are then employed to calculate farm gross margin estimates of the value of changes in provisioning ecosystem services. Findings suggest that the variation in ecosystem inputs induced by climate change will have substantial influence on agricultural productivity. Interestingly, within the UK context climate change generates mainly positive effects, although losses are forecasted for those southern areas most vulnerable to heat-stress and drought.

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“…The economics of agricultural land use in the region generally, and as affected by the Bay TMDL, are complex. 18 For example, continued conversion of agricultural land to urban uses could mean that some farmland slated for BMP adoption in the analyses here may no longer be in agriculture in 2025. Other considerations may also come into play, including concerns that large-scale land retirement could lead to loss of income and employment for local businesses upstream and downstream of farms in the agricultural supply chain.…”

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Agricultural Costs of the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load

Kaufman

Abler²,

Shortle

et al. 2014

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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This study estimates costs to agricultural producers of the Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) developed by states in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to comply with the Chesapeake Bay total maximum daily load (TMDL) and potential cost savings that could be realized by a more efficient selection of agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) and spatial targeting of BMP implementation. The cost of implementing the WIPs between 2011 and 2025 is estimated to be about $3.6 billion (in 2010 dollars). The annual cost associated with full implementation of all WIP BMPs from 2025 onward is about $900 million. Significant cost savings can be realized through careful and efficient BMP selection and spatial targeting. If retiring up to 25% of current agricultural land is included as an option, Bay-wide cost savings of about 60% could be realized compared to the WIPs.

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Accounting for Spatial Effects in Economic Models of Land Use: Recent Developments and Challenges Ahead

Abstract: Spatial econometrics, Hedonic, Land use change,

Cited by 71 publications

References 112 publications

Understanding linkages between common agricultural policy and High Nature Value (HNV) farmland provision: an empirical analysis in Tuscany Region

Understanding linkages between common agricultural policy and High Nature Value (HNV) farmland provision: an empirical analysis in Tuscany Region

Valuing Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Agriculture: The Impact of Climate Change on Food Production in the United Kingdom

Agricultural Costs of the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load

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