PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mezzatesta, Mariano
AU  - Newburn, David A.
AU  - Woodward, Richard T.
TI  - Additionality and the Adoption of Farm Conservation Practices
AID  - 10.3368/le.89.4.722
DP  - 2013 Nov 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 722--742
VI  - 89
IP  - 4
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/89/4/722.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/89/4/722.full
SO  - Land Econ2013 Nov 01; 89
AB  - We use propensity score matching to estimate additionality from enrollment in federal costshare programs for six practices. We analyze farmer adoption decisions based on farmer survey data in Ohio. We develop a new methodological approach to decompose the average treatment effect on the treated according to relative contributions of voluntary adopters and new adopters. Our results indicate that cost-share programs achieve positive levels of additionality for each practice. But percent additionality varies dramatically between practices. Specifically, percent additionality is highest for hayfield establishment (93.3%), cover crops (90.6%), and filter strips (88.9%), while it is lowest for conservation tillage (19.3%). (JEL Q24, Q28)