Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/192147 
Year of Publication: 
1996
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 163
Publisher: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Abstract: 
Most studies on the problem of optimal soil conservation have analyzed soil conservation measures as being time-limited in their effect. This paper extends previous analyses of the soil conservation decision by allowing farmers to make investments in soil conservation structures such as terraces, bundles and ditches. It shows that the main conclusions arrived at in previous studies remain valid. The long-term effects of unanticipated permanent changes in prices and discount rates may go either way independent of whether conservation measures are time-limited or have lasting effects on the soil base.
Subjects: 
Land degradation
investment in structures
comparative statics.
JEL: 
Q12
Q24
Document Type: 
Working Paper
Document Version: 
Digitized Version

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