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The Economics of Agricultural Pest Control: An Annotated Bibliography, 1960-80

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  • Osteen, Craig D.
  • Bradley, Edward B.
  • Moffitt, L. Joe

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This bibliography, a listing and annotation of 123 papers, reports, and books concerned with the economics of pest control, covers (1) damages caused by pests, (2) benefits and costs of pest control methods, (3) comparisons of biological and chemical methods of control, (4) economically efficient applications of pesticides, (5) economic thresholds, (6) resistance to pesticides, (7) externalities of pesticide use, (8) impacts of risk on pest control decisions, (9) static and dynamic methods of analysis, and (10) institutional concerns such as pesticide regulation, implementation programs, and information distribution. General literature on principles of integrated pest management is also included.

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  • Osteen, Craig D. & Bradley, Edward B. & Moffitt, L. Joe, 1981. "The Economics of Agricultural Pest Control: An Annotated Bibliography, 1960-80," Economics and Statistics Services (ESS) Reports 319977, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerses:319977
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.319977
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    1. Delvo, Herman W. & Jenkins, Robert P. & Fox, Austin S., 1973. "Economic Impact of Discontinuing Farm Use of Lindane and BHC," Miscellaneous Publications 324747, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Max R. Langham & W. F. Edwards, 1969. "Externalities in Pesticide Use," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 51(5), pages 1195-1201.
    3. Carlson, Gerald A. & Debord, Donald V., 1976. "Public mosquito abatement," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 3(2), pages 142-153, August.
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    1. Moffitt, L. Joe & Stranlund, John K. & Osteen, Craig D., 2009. "Securing the Border from Invasives: Robust Inspections Under Severe Uncertainty," Working Paper Series 53127, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Resource Economics.
    2. J. Pannell, David, 1991. "Pests and pesticides, risk and risk aversion," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 5(4), pages 361-383, August.
    3. David J. Pannell, 1990. "An Economic Response Model Of Herbicide Application For Weed Control," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 34(3), pages 223-241, December.
    4. Whittaker, Gerald W. & Lin, Biing-Hwan & Vasavada, Utpal, 1995. "Restricting Pesticide Use: The Impact On Profitability By Farm Size," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 27(2), pages 1-11, December.

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