Estimating Agricultural Pollution Abatement Costs at the Plot Level Using Experimental Data: A Maximum Entropy Approach

Estimating Agricultural Pollution Abatement Costs at the Plot Level Using Experimental Data: A Maximum Entropy Approach

This paper uses a directional output distance function to estimate a multi-output production frontier for a sample of experimental plots grown for the Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems project at the University of California, Davis. Cross-sectional technical efficiency indices are estimated th...

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Main Authors: Craig A. Bond, Y. Hossein Farzin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2007-08-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Subjects:
directional distance function
environmental efficiency index
shadow price
Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/8642
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spelling doaj-8a5af7f38ccf4073810196d5b49350bf2020-11-25T01:10:22ZengWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics1068-55022327-82852007-08-0132227329010.22004/ag.econ.86428642Estimating Agricultural Pollution Abatement Costs at the Plot Level Using Experimental Data: A Maximum Entropy ApproachCraig A. BondY. Hossein FarzinThis paper uses a directional output distance function to estimate a multi-output production frontier for a sample of experimental plots grown for the Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems project at the University of California, Davis. Cross-sectional technical efficiency indices are estimated that take into account two proxies for undesirable output: number of trips across a field as a proxy for air pollution and/or soil erosion, and pints of pesticides applied to account for potential leaching and/or health risks. Shadow price estimates based on marginal rates of transformation ranged from $8-$21 for trips, while shadow prices for pints of pesticides averaged $23-$27.https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/8642directional distance functionenvironmental efficiency indexshadow price
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Estimating Agricultural Pollution Abatement Costs at the Plot Level Using Experimental Data: A Maximum Entropy Approach
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
directional distance function
environmental efficiency index
shadow price
author_facet Craig A. Bond
Y. Hossein Farzin
author_sort Craig A. Bond
title Estimating Agricultural Pollution Abatement Costs at the Plot Level Using Experimental Data: A Maximum Entropy Approach
title_short Estimating Agricultural Pollution Abatement Costs at the Plot Level Using Experimental Data: A Maximum Entropy Approach
title_full Estimating Agricultural Pollution Abatement Costs at the Plot Level Using Experimental Data: A Maximum Entropy Approach
title_fullStr Estimating Agricultural Pollution Abatement Costs at the Plot Level Using Experimental Data: A Maximum Entropy Approach
title_full_unstemmed Estimating Agricultural Pollution Abatement Costs at the Plot Level Using Experimental Data: A Maximum Entropy Approach
title_sort estimating agricultural pollution abatement costs at the plot level using experimental data: a maximum entropy approach
publisher Western Agricultural Economics Association
series Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
issn 1068-5502
2327-8285
publishDate 2007-08-01
description This paper uses a directional output distance function to estimate a multi-output production frontier for a sample of experimental plots grown for the Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems project at the University of California, Davis. Cross-sectional technical efficiency indices are estimated that take into account two proxies for undesirable output: number of trips across a field as a proxy for air pollution and/or soil erosion, and pints of pesticides applied to account for potential leaching and/or health risks. Shadow price estimates based on marginal rates of transformation ranged from $8-$21 for trips, while shadow prices for pints of pesticides averaged $23-$27.
topic directional distance function
environmental efficiency index
shadow price
url https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/8642
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