The Economics of Land Use

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Contents: Part I: Studies Based on Given Political-Government Institutions and Full Private or Public Ownership: Ricardian Rent: Theory: Interactions between agricultural and environmental policies: a conceptual framework, Richard E. Just and John M. Antle The Ricardian rent and the allocation of land under uncertainty, Jean-Paul Chavas Land quality, irrigation development, and cropping patterns in the Northern High Plains, Erik Lichtenberg. Applications: Representative Owner Applications: A dynamic model of acreage allocation with general and crop-specific soil capital, Peter F. Orazem and John A. Miranowski Mining the soil: agricultural production system on peatland, Renan U. Goetz and David Zilberman. Grouped Land Use and Aggregated Data: The impact of policies and land characteristics on potential groundwater pollution in Wisconsin, JunJie Wu and Kathleen Segerson Responsiveness of rural and urban land uses to land rent determinants in the U.S. South, Ian Hardie, Peter Parks, Peter Gottlieb and David Wear. Explicit Aggregation Methods: Unintended impacts of public investments on private decisions: the depletion of forested wetlands, Robert N. Stavins and Adam B. Jaffe Econometric-process models for integrated assessment of agricultural production systems, John M. Antle and Susan M. Capalbo. Policy Maker Decision Models: Minimum cost strategies for sequestering carbon in forests, Darius M. Adams, Ralph J. Alig, Bruce A. McCarl, John M. Callaway and Steven M. Winnett The economics of a public fund for environmental amenities: a study of CRP contracts, Bruce A. Babcock, P.G. Lakshminarayan, JunJie Wu and David Zilberman. Space - Von ThA nen Rent: Theory: The pattern and timing of land development in a long run equilibrium urban land use model, Alex Anas The fundamentals of land prices and urban growth, Dennis R. Capozza and Robert W. Helsley The stochastic city, Dennis R. Capozza and Robert W. Helsley. Applications: Urban Growth Model: Growth controls and land values in an open city, Jan K. Brueckner Urban spatial structure with open space, C.H. Yang and M. Fujita Agricultural land values and the value of rights to future land development, Andrew J. Plantinga and Douglas J. Miller. Site Price Models: Woodland deforestation by charcoal supply to Dar es Salaam, Ole Hofstad Human-environmental influences and interactions in shifting agriculture when farmers form expectations rationally, D.W. Jones and R.V. O'Neill. Landscape-Location Studies of Land Use: Roads, land use, and deforestation: a spatial model applied to Belize, Kenneth M. Chomitz and David A. Gray On the price of land and the value of amenities, Paul Cheshire and Stephen Sheppard Modeling ecological constraints on tropical forest management: spatial interdependence, irreversibility, and uncertainty, Heidi J. Albers Interacting agents, spatial externalities and the evolution of residential land use patterns, Elena G. Irwin and Nancy E. Bockstael. Part II: Studies with Given Political - Government Institutions That Do Not Have Complete Property Rights: Open Access Public Property: Nepali fuelwood production and consumption: regional and household distinctions, substitution and successful intervention, Gregory S. Amacher, William F. Hyde and Keshav R. Kanel Tropical deforestation, tenure insecurity, and unsustainability, Edward B. Barbier and Joanne C. Burgess Indigenous land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: appropriation, security, and investment demand, Espen Sjaastad and Daniel W. Bromley. Commons: Environmental externalities in traditional agriculture and the impact of trade liberalization: the case of Ghana, RamA^3n LA^3pez Land allocation under dual individual-collective use in Mexico, Nancy McCarthy, Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet. Takings: The economic consequences of regulatory taking risk on land value and development activity, Timothy J. Riddiough. Part III: Studies With Mutable Government Institutions-Political Economy of Land Use: Assessing the relationship between government policy and deforestation, Robert T. Deacon Agricultural land relations in the developing world, Hans P. Binswanger, Klaus Deininger and Gershon Feder A study in resistance to institutional change: the lost game of Latin American land reform, Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet Takings, compensation, and equal treatment for owners of developed and undeveloped property, Robert Innes Name index.