Public mosquito abatement |
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Authors: | Gerald A Carlson Donald V Debord |
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Institution: | Department of Economics and Business, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA;National Cotton Council, Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
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Abstract: | Mosquito abatement is a public good for which there is a long history of operating expenditures and measured performance. A simultaneous model of mosquito abundance and abatement response is developed. Parameters are estimated using time-series, cross-section data from 30 districts. Both insecticides and ditching have contributed to reduced mosquito populations. There is evidence that district managers may have invested in excess permanent control (ditching) relative to use of insecticides, and that present abatement expenditures for the average district are excessive. |
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