Although implementing conservation practices on private farms and forests can produce
substantial environmental benefits, these practices are not being adopted widely enough to …

Auctions have attracted growing attention as bidding mechanisms for soliciting or allocating
payments for a wide range of ecosystem services (ES). This paper reviews the latest …

Natural wetlands used to cover a significant part of the landscape, but these ecosystems
have declined by> 50% worldwide, and even more in Denmark and Sweden. However …

Agricultural and applied economists have begun routinely using behavioral and
experimental economics tools to answer important questions about agri-environmental …

Conservation tenders are being used as a policy mechanism to deliver environmental
benefits through changes in land, water and biodiversity management. While these …

Financial incentives are commonly used to promote voluntary adoption of agricultural best
management practices (BMPs), but little is known about farmer preferences among …

Despite the success of efforts to reduce phosphorus (P) pollution from point sources, P from
non‐point agricultural sources remains a vexing problem with many US water bodies having …

Tradable credit schemes (TCS) have been promoted as an alternative to congestion pricing
in recent years. Most existing TCS studies assume a frictionless trading market that incurs …

Many conservation programs provide economic incentives for landscape best management
practices adopted by households. These programs typically include multiple administrative …

US agriculture is vital to meeting a growing global population's demand for food, fiber, feed,
and fuel. Smart technologies, big data, and improvements in crop genetics present …