PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Duke, Joshua M.
AU  - Lynch, Lori
TI  - Farmland Retention Techniques: Property Rights Implications and Comparative Evaluation
AID  - 10.3368/le.82.2.189
DP  - 2006 May 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 189--213
VI  - 82
IP  - 2
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/82/2/189.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/82/2/189.full
SO  - Land Econ2006 May 01; 82
AB  - A conceptual framework distinguishes farmland retention institutions and with a survey of various literatures, interviews, and original policy design, classifies 28 techniques in four types: regulatory, incentive-based, governmental-participatory, and hybrid. The analysis reveals that techniques often perceived to be incentive-based, such as PDR/PACE and TDR, are better understood as participatory and hybrid techniques, respectively. Likely fiscal impacts, stakeholder acceptability, and implementation challenges are assessed. The framework suggests that when governments select multiple techniques, attention should be paid to the implied allocation of property rights to maintain coherent land-use policy and minimize property rights conflicts. (JEL Q15, Q24)