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IMPROVING WETLAND POLICY THROUGH AMELIORATION OF ADVERSE EFFECTS ON LOCAL ECONOMIES1 |
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| Authors: | Jay A Leitch Donald F Scott |
| Institution: | 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105.;2. Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105. |
| Abstract: | An input-output model was used to estimate changes in expenditure and income flows due to restoring drained wetlands in North Dakota. Results indicate a payment in addition to the amount paid to the landowner may be necessary to make local economies as well off after restoration as before. |
| Keywords: | wetland restoration Prairie Pothole Region wetland economics input-output model water policy |