Do All the Resource Problems in the West Begin in the East?

Economics can make good policy better and bad policy go away- a message often constrained by the political realities surrounding federal resource policy toward the West. This essay responds to these challenges to economic reasoning based on the lessons learned after a stay at the Council of Economic...

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Main Author: Jason F. Shogren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 1998-12-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31202
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spelling doaj-a9ad397904bf4df9819d1c2f54aff1782020-11-25T02:56:54ZengWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics1068-55022327-82851998-12-0123230931810.22004/ag.econ.3120231202Do All the Resource Problems in the West Begin in the East?Jason F. ShogrenEconomics can make good policy better and bad policy go away- a message often constrained by the political realities surrounding federal resource policy toward the West. This essay responds to these challenges to economic reasoning based on the lessons learned after a stay at the Council of Economic Advisers. My goal is to help make apolitical economists more effective advocates of efficiency.https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31202efficiencyresource policywest
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publishDate 1998-12-01
description Economics can make good policy better and bad policy go away- a message often constrained by the political realities surrounding federal resource policy toward the West. This essay responds to these challenges to economic reasoning based on the lessons learned after a stay at the Council of Economic Advisers. My goal is to help make apolitical economists more effective advocates of efficiency.
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