<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Monger, Randall G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suter, Jordan F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Manning, Dale T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schneekloth, Joel P.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retiring Land to Save Water: Participation in Colorado’s Republican River Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Land Economics</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018-02-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">36-51</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/le.94.1.36</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">94</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agricultural land retirement is increasingly used to manage water resources. This study uses well-level enrollment data to explore the factors that influence landowner participation in the Colorado Republican River Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. An empirical model of enrollment is informed by a theoretical model of participation that incorporates aquifer and soil characteristics in addition to financial incentives. Our results reveal that enrollment is predicted to increase by 0.087 percentage points with a $10 increase in the incentives offered. The probability of enrollment is also influenced by the aquifer’s saturated thickness and the soil characteristics that impact land productivity. (JEL Q25)</style></abstract></record></records></xml>