TY - JOUR TI - PUBLIC MOSQUITO ABATEMENT AU - CARLSON, GA AU - DEBORD, DV T2 - JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT AB - 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. DA - 1976/// PY - 1976/// DO - 10.1016/0095-0696(76)90028-0 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 142-153 SN - 0095-0696 ER - TY - JOUR TI - ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE PEANUT POLICIES AU - NIEUWOUDT, WL AU - BULLOCK, JB AU - MATHIA, GA T2 - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AB - Abstract Three alternatives to the current peanut‐price support, acreage‐allotment program are considered. A linear programming framework is used to compare the effects of these policies on geographic location of peanut production, producer and consumer surplus, treasury costs, and value of allotments. Peanut production would expand in all areas except Texas under less restrictive production constraints. The largest expansion would be in Georgia and Alabama. Some version of the target price plan is considered to be a likely compromise program. DA - 1976/// PY - 1976/// DO - 10.2307/1239265 VL - 58 IS - 3 SP - 485-495 SN - 0002-9092 ER -