Additionality and the Adoption of Farm Conservation Practices Academic Article

abstract

• We use propensity score matching to estimate additionality from enrollment in federal costshare programs for six practices. We analyze farmer adoption decisions based on farmer survey data in Ohio. We develop a new methodological approach to decompose the average treatment effect on the treated according to relative contributions of voluntary adopters and new adopters. Our results indicate that cost-share programs achieve positive levels of additionality for each practice. But percent additionality varies dramatically between practices. Specifically, percent additionality is highest for hayfield establishment (93.3%), cover crops (90.6%), and filter strips (88.9%), while it is lowest for conservation tillage (19.3%). (JEL Q24, Q28). 2013 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

authors

• Woodward, Richard

published proceedings

• LAND ECONOMICS

author list (cited authors)

• Mezzatesta, M., Newburn, D. A., & Woodward, R. T.

citation count

• 48

complete list of authors

• Mezzatesta, Mariano||Newburn, David A||Woodward, Richard T

publication date

• November 2013

publisher

• University of Wisconsin Press  Publisher

published in

• Land Economics: a quarterly journal devoted to the study of economic and social institutions  Journal

keywords

• 38 Economics
• 3801 Applied Economics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3368/le.89.4.722

start page

• 722

end page

• 742

volume

• 89

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.3368%2Fle.89.4.722