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CONSIDERING MARKET-BASED ALTERNATIVES TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF CAFOs

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  • Skees, Jerry R.
  • Black, J. Roy
  • Gramig, Benjamin M.

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This paper presents a proposal to utilize insurance as a market-based alternative to traditional command-and-control regulation of concentrated animal feeding operations in order to meet policy goals to curtail negative environmental externalities.

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  • Skees, Jerry R. & Black, J. Roy & Gramig, Benjamin M., 2003. "CONSIDERING MARKET-BASED ALTERNATIVES TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF CAFOs," 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada 22248, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea03:22248
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.22248
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    1. Gramig, Benjamin M. & Skees, Jerry R. & Black, J. Roy, 2004. "Utilizing Contingent Claims to Improve the Management of CAFOs," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 36(2), pages 1-16, August.

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