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Multiproduct Production Choices And Pesticide Regulation In Georgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2016

Christopher S. McIntosh  and
Albert A. Williams
Christopher S. McIntosh
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens
Albert A. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens
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Abstract

An increasing emphasis on surface and groundwater quality and food safety may result in some form of pesticide regulations. A restricted profit function model of Georgia agriculture is used to examine the short-run effects of 2 and 5 percent reductions in all pesticides. Point estimates of short-run impacts, along with their 90 percent confidence intervals are presented.

Keywords

pesticidesregulationagricultural production
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 135 - 144
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1992

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