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Access to serviced land for the urban poor: the regularization paradox in Mexico

Economía, Sociedad y Territorio, 2000
The insufficient supply of serviced land at affordable prices for the urban poor and the need for regularization of the consequent illegal occupations in urban areas are two of the most important issues on the Latin American land policy agenda ...
Alfonso Iracheta Cenecorta, Martim O. Smolka   +1 more
doaj  

Unpacking the Farmland Capitalization Effect of Ethanol Establishment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We unpack the impact of expansions in ethanol production—as measured by proximity to newly constructed ethanol plants and capacity expansions—on farmland values using land transaction data from Kansas in combination with modern causal inference techniques.
Gabriel S. Sampson, Jisang Yu
wiley   +1 more source

An introduction to two-rate taxation of land and buildings [PDF]

When taxing real property at the local level in the United States, land and improvements to the land, such as buildings, are generally taxed at the same rate.
Jeffrey P. Cohen, Cletus C. Coughlin
core  

Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
wiley   +1 more source

Urban intensification and land value capture in Toronto: Conjunctural analysis, critical junctures, and developmental pathways in urban planning. [PDF]

Environ Plan A
Sorensen A.
europepmc   +1 more source

On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source

Urban greenspace and dementia: Measures, mechanisms, and methodological guidance. [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Jarvis I, Besser L, Finlay J, Hystad P, Lane KJ, Hunter RF, James P, Jiménez MP, Nieuwenhuijsen M, van den Bosch M, Van Riper D, Lee J, Doiron D, Brook J, Adar SD, Brauer M.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Effect of Patimban Access Toll Road on Land Value Increase and Potential Application of Additional Toll Road Business Model as an Opportunity in Land Value Capture

Given the current significant increase in toll road construction costs and the considerable investment required for toll roads, a financing mechanism such as Land Value Capture is needed.
Sari, Mustika, Saroji, Gunawan, Wardhanto, Arifin Dian   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Where to Plant Trees? Designing Net-Zero Industrial Landscapes that Promote Public Health. [PDF]

Environ Sci Technol
Charles M, Bakshi BR.
europepmc   +1 more source