Title
Transfers and environmental co-benefits of carbon sequestration in agricultural soils: retiring agricultural land in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Campus Units
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Economics
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Submitted Manuscript
Publication Date
2007
Journal or Book Title
Climatic Change
Volume
80
Issue
1
First Page or Article ID Number
91
Last Page
107
DOI
10.1007/s10584-006-9143-1
Abstract
This study investigates the carbon sequestration potential and co-benefits from policies aimed at retiring agricultural land in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, a large, heavily agricultural area. In addition to empirically measuring environmental co-benefits, we also compute economic transfers, which have sometimes been referred to as a co-benefit. Very little empirical work measuring the potential magnitude of these transfers has previously been undertaken. We compare and contrast alternative targeting schemes. We find that there are considerable amount of co-benefits and transfers and that the geographic distribution of co-benefits and transfers varies significantly with the specific benefit targeted. This implies that policy design related to targeting can have very important implications for both environmental conditions and income distributions in sub-regions. Issues related to policy design in the presence of co-benefits are considered.
Recommended Citation
Feng, Hongli; Kurkalova, Lyubov A.; Kling, Catherine; and Gassman, Philip, "Transfers and environmental co-benefits of carbon sequestration in agricultural soils: retiring agricultural land in the Upper Mississippi River Basin" (2007). Economics Publications. 167.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/167
Comments
This is a working paper of an article from Climatic Change 80 (2007): 91, doi:10.1007/s10584-006-9143-1