RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Net Buyers, Net Sellers, and Agricultural Landowner Support for Agricultural Zoning
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 153
OP 165
DO 10.3368/le.83.2.153
VO 83
IS 2
A1 Deaton, B. James
A1 Hoehn, John P.
A1 Norris, Patricia E.
YR 2007
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/83/2/153.abstract
AB Agricultural zoning and land-use restrictions are long-standing approaches for controlling non-agricultural development. We provide a theoretical explanation for variation in agricultural landowner support for zoning based on landowners’ positions—whether a landowner is a buyer or a seller—in the land market. Hypotheses derived from the model are tested using data from a survey of agricultural landowners in Kent County, Michigan. The empirical findings are consistent with our hypothesis that net buyers and net sellers of agricultural land will differ in their support for agricultural zoning. (JEL Q15)