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GRASS ROOTS COLLECTIVE ACTION: AGRICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES Open

Harry W. Ayer · 1997

Agroenvironmental problems (e.g., contamination of ground- and surface water, feed lot odors, endangered species) often involve goods and activities with public goods attributes. Grass roots collective action- in contrast to top-down gover…

Economic Responses of Broccoli and Cauliflower to Water and Nitrogen in the Desert Open

C. A. Sanchez, R. L. Roth, B. R. Gardner, Harry W. Ayer · 1996

Field studies were conducted to develop water and N response surface models for broccoli and cauliflower ( Brassica oleracea L., Botrytis Group) produced in the low desert of the southwestern United States and to estimate profit maximizing…

Keith Collins on the 1995 Farm Bill Open

Harry W. Ayer · 1995

An Interview with John Lee, Jr. Open

Harry W. Ayer · 1993

ECONOMICS OF AG CHEMICALS: Flawed Methodology and a Conflict of Interest Quagmire Open

Harry W. Ayer, Neilson C. Conklin · 1990

A recent U.S. study presents estimates of the effects of banning all pesticides and inorganic nitrogen in U.S. farm production. The research methodology used in the study has serious flaws. In addition, the sponsorship of the study by vest…

Conservation and Environmental Policy Options and Consequences for the 1990 Farm Bill Open

Harry W. Ayer, Charles W. Abdalla · 1990

Cutting Nitrogen Applications for Improved Water Quality: Does the Farmer Lose? Open

Harry W. Ayer, P. B. Hoyt, B. R. Gardner, Bob Roth, Tom Doerge · 1989

AGRICULTURE AND GROUNDWATER QUALITY: THE ARIZONA EXPERIENCE Open

Harry W. Ayer · 1987

In May of 1986 the Arizona legislature passed what many believe to be the country's most stringent law to reduce groundwater contamination. Sections of the law refer directly to agriculture, including agricultural pesticide and fertilizer …

ARE CURRENT COMMODITY PROGRAMS OUTDATED? COMMENTS ON THE KNUTSON AND TWEETEN ARGUMENTS Open

Harry W. Ayer · 1985

Knutson makes some agreeable points: the farm sector (or at least a worrisome part of it) is financially strapped; the stress will likely continue because supplies seem to outrun demand; farm policy needs to recognize macro conditions; and…

LASER LEVELING AND FEDERAL INCENTIVES Open

John T. Daubert, Harry W. Ayer · 1982

Our empirical analysis shows that federal tax and cost-sharing incentives significantly affect the profitability of laser leveling - a new irrigation technology which sharply reduces gravity water applications. However, the structure of th…

ELASTICITIES: SUPPLEMENTARY STATISTICS FROM INTERINDUSTRY STUDIES Open

Harry W. Ayer, James Baskett · 1978

Elasticities are developed to incorporate both a sector's multiplier impact and its initial relative size to give a better estimator of the sector's importance to a region's economy. A current, empirical example of the differences between …

ECONOMIC MODELS OF CROP RESPONSE TO IRRIGATION: A STATE-OF-THE-ARTS ASSESSMENT Open

Harry W. Ayer · 1978

THE STRUCTURE OF EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN A DECLINING RURAL COMMUNITY Open

William E. Martin, Dana Deeds, Louise M. Arthur, Russell L. Gum, Edwin H. Carpenter , et al. · 1977

Recent multidisciplinary research, concentrating on small rural communities, has posited a theory of marginalization whereby economic, institutional and cultural forces combine to select certain people out of mainstream economic society; …

Distribution Effects of Land Use Policy: An Empirical Example of Forest and Range Policies in Arizona Open

Harry W. Ayer · 1977

Little empirical research pertaining to the distribution impacts of land use policy exists and a substantial research effort is warranted. This paper is a modest effort to increase interest in funding and conducting such research. The pape…

THE DISTRIBUTION OF TAX BURDENS AND GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE BENEFITS IN METRO AND NONMETRO ARIZONA Open

Paul G. Hoyt, Harry W. Ayer · 1977

distribution problem. More than one-third of all families in Arizona and one-fourth in the Western states had incomes of less than $7,000 in 1969. Over 11% of Arizona's families were in poverty compared with approximately 9% for the eleven…

Industrial Growth in the U.S. Border Communities and Associated Water and Air Probelms: An Economic Perspective Open

Harry W. Ayer, Paul G. Hoyt · 1977

ELASTICITIES: BETIER POLICY STATISTICS FROM INTERINDUSTRY STUDIES Open

Harry W. Ayer, James Baskett · 1977

It is argued that multipliers from interindustry studies are easily misinterpreted. Elasticities are developed and presented as a more relevant policy statistic. A current example of the relative advantage of elasticities is given. Elastic…

Reduction in Force in a Single Company Town: Who is Selected and How Do They Adapt? Open

William E. Martin, Dana Deeds, Edwin H. Carpenter, Harry W. Ayer, Louise M. Arthur , et al. · 1976

Whose Skills are Demanded? An Empirical Study of the Distributional Impacts of U.S. Forest Service Policies on Local Job Markets Open

James Baskett, Harry W. Ayer · 1976

Estimates. are made of the impact of alternative U.S. Forest Service policies on the distribution of jobs, among skill levels 0 1f people, in local rural communities. The analysis uses primary data, and employs several refinements of inter…

The Beginnings of Social Marginalization: An Arizona Example Open

Harry W. Ayer, Edwin H. Carpenter, Dana Deeds, William E. Martin · 1975

Benefits and Burdens of Government Fiscal Policy: A Study the Distributional Impacts of Federal and State-Local Taxing and Spending Open

Joel Craig Plath, Harry W. Ayer · 1975

The distribution of income among income classes is estimated for the U.S. and urban, rural and farm populations of the West. New theory is then used to estimate the distribution of public goods benefits among income. classes. Estimates of …

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