Journal article
Whose Price Wins: Institutional and Technical Change in Agriculture
Land economics, Vol.67(2), pp.213-224
05/01/1991
DOI: 10.2307/3146412
Abstract
The concern for environmental quality has become an increasingly dominant force for institutional and technical change in agriculture. The current conflict over water use between the farm sector and environmental groups is used to analyze the dynamic and recursive process of institutional and technical change in agriculture. Two general processes are analyzed by which conflicts are resolved. One leads to Pareto-efficient and the other leads to Pareto-noncomparable resolution of conflict. It is concluded that Pareto-efficient conflict resolution, represented by bargaining within the existing institutional structure, will continue to play a minor role in reducing environmental problems in agriculture. Consequently, Pareto-noncomparable conflict resolution, whereby the rules are changed to improve one's negotiating position, will remain the norm for addressing environmental problems in agriculture.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Whose Price Wins: Institutional and Technical Change in Agriculture
- Creators
- Bruce LarsonMary Knudson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Land economics, Vol.67(2), pp.213-224
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- DOI
- 10.2307/3146412
- ISSN
- 0023-7639
- eISSN
- 1543-8325
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/1991
- Academic Unit
- Economics
- Record Identifier
- 9984380499302771
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