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The Allocation of LISA Research and Extension Funding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

David G. Abler  and
Wesley N. Musser
David G. Abler
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, Armsby Building, University Park, PA 16802–5600
Wesley N. Musser
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, Symons Hall, College Park, MD 20742–5535
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Abstract

This article considers the political, economic, and environmental factors associated with the allocation of federal LISA (Low Input/Sustainable Agriculture) funds among states. A tobit model is estimated with LISA allocations as the dependent variable. Results indicate that pressure groups are important. LISA funding depends positively on membership in environmental organizations, the number of farms, and the size of the rural-nonfarm population, while it depends negatively on the size of the urban population. States with host LISA institutions receive significantly more funding, as do states with Senators in leadership positions on key congressional agricultural committees.

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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , April 1995 , pp. 15 - 24
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Copyright © 1995 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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