Agricultural Land-based Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset and Leakage Discounting in the U.S.
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Ecological Economics
Volume
105
Publication Date
2014
First Page
265
Last Page
273
Abstract
This paper examines leakage from agricultural greenhouse gas reduction programs stimulated by reductions in regional commodity supply. This paper develops an extension of the leakage discount formula in Murray et al. (2004) that incorporates changes in input (land) usage rather than product output (crop or forest product quantity). Additionally the leakage discount developed here allows for land conversion and production replacement involving multiple alternative uses. In an empirical application in the Southeast Texas we compute leakage discounts of 14.8% for the conversion of rice to no-till sorghum and 14.9% for rice to pasture program. Most of the sources of GHG offset leakage come from conversions of cotton to rice and pasture to rice in the other regions.
Recommended Citation
Kim, Man-Keun, "Agricultural Land-based Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset and Leakage Discounting in the U.S." (2014). Applied Economics Faculty Publications. Paper 1257.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/appecon_facpub/1257
