RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Additionality and the Adoption of Farm Conservation Practices
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 722
OP 742
DO 10.3368/le.89.4.722
VO 89
IS 4
A1 Mariano Mezzatesta
A1 David A. Newburn
A1 Richard T. Woodward
YR 2013
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/89/4/722.abstract
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)