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Georgia Cotton Acreage Response to the Boll Weevil Eradication Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Camille M. Tribble ,
Christopher S. Mcintosh  and
Michael E. Wetzstein
Camille M. Tribble
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis
Christopher S. Mcintosh
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Idaho.
Michael E. Wetzstein
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, The University of Georgia
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Abstract

An adaptive regression model is employed for estimating pre- and post-boll weevil eradication cotton-acreage response. Results indicate cotton acreage becoming more inelastic to own- and cross-price changes. As a result of this shift in acreage response and yield increases from eradication, net producer benefits on average are $88.73 per acre.

Keywords

adaptive regressionpest eradicationproducer surplus
Type
Articles
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , December 1999 , pp. 499 - 506
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1999

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