Do Agricultural Land Preservation Programs Reduce Farmland Loss? Evidence from a Propensity Score Matching Estimator

2011 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Liu ◽  
L. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Propensity Score ◽  
Propensity Score Matching ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Land Preservation ◽  
Farmland Loss ◽  
Matching Estimator ◽  
Agricultural Land Preservation

scholarly journals A Conjoint Analysis of Public Preferences for Agricultural Land Preservation

2004 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua M. Duke ◽  
Thomas W. Ilvento
Keyword(s):  
Conjoint Analysis ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Public Preferences ◽  
Land Preservation ◽  
Environmental Attributes ◽  
Net Benefits ◽  
Nonmarket Services ◽  
Agricultural Land Preservation

Public preferences for the nonmarket services of permanently preserved agricultural land are measured and compared using conjoint analysis. The results from a survey of 199 Delawareans suggest environmental and nonmarket-agricultural services are the most important preserved-land attributes. Results also suggest that open space associated with wetlands on farms is neither an amenity nor a disamenity. On the margin, preserved parcels with agricultural and environmental attributes provide net benefits, which may exceed $1,000,000 for a 1,000-acre parcel. Preserved forestland provides benefits per acre that are statistically equivalent to cropland, though forestland may be less expensive to preserve.

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