Program enrollment and acreage response to reforestation cost-sharing programs.

A study was conducted to assess the total acreage of southern pine that would have been planted after clear-cut harvest if existing government Forest Improvement Programs had offered different levels of cost-sharing to nonindustrial private forest owners. Five acreage prediction models were used to...

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Publicado en:Land Economics Vol. 72; pp. 248 - 261
Autores principales: Hardie, Ian W., Parks, Peter J.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Press May 1996
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Sumario:A study was conducted to assess the total acreage of southern pine that would have been planted after clear-cut harvest if existing government Forest Improvement Programs had offered different levels of cost-sharing to nonindustrial private forest owners. Five acreage prediction models were used to produce estimates under a range of conditions. The results indicate that the way landowners react to cost-sharing can have a substantial impact upon the predicted effectiveness of a forestry improvement program. The predictions illustrate the importance of separating and accounting both for the number of tracts enrolled and for the size of the enrolled tracts.