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Prosocial behavior: private contributions to agriculture's impact on the environment.

A study was conducted to examine the extent to which public environmental benefits are provided by private agents in the agricultural sector. Data were drawn from a survey of U.S. field crop farmers. The findings indicate that determinants of private profitability are motivating factors in environ...

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Published in:Land Economics Vol. 72; pp. 231 - 248
Main Author: Weaver, Robert D.
Format: Article
Published: University of Wisconsin Press May 1996
Subjects:
Farmers
Human behavior
Public goods
Mathematical models of consumption
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