Economic Implications of Discontinuing the Texas High Plains Boll Weevil Suppression Program* Academic Article

abstract

• The federal government has supported and continues to support or share in the support, financially and technically, of several regional pest management programs. Implicit in continued federal support is the concept that the benefits of the program to society exceed the governmental portion of the costs. As these programs are evaluated and consideration is given to discontinuing federal support, improved estimates of program benefits, or costs of discontinuing, are needed.The objective of this study was to identify and quantify the expected effects in terms of agricultural output, insecticide use, and production costs of discontinuing a regional boll weevil suppression program on the Texas High Plains. Results of this study are useful to governmental decision makers, local producers, environmentalists and economists.

authors

• Lacewell, Ronald

published proceedings

• Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics

author list (cited authors)

• Lacewell, R. D., Larson, J. L., Bottrell, D. G., Rummel, D. R., & Billingsley, R. V.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Lacewell, Ronald D||Larson, James L||Bottrell, DG||Rummel, DR||Billingsley, Ray V

publication date

• December 1974

publisher

• Cambridge University Press (CUP)  Publisher

published in

• Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4407 Policy And Administration

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/s0081305200011869

start page

• 33

end page

• 40

volume

• 6

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0081305200011869