Claassen, R.Cattaneo, A.Johansson, R.2016-04-192016-04-192008Ecological Economics 65(4): 737-7520921-8009http://hdl.handle.net/10919/67547Metadata only recordThis article assesses two U.S. agri-environmental payment programs, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Environmnetal Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The analysis addresses the impacts and effectiveness of benefit-cost targeting, competitive bidding, and other elements of program design.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightPayments for environmental servicesProgram planningGovernment policyConservation easementsEnvironmental servicesConservation strategyConservationConservation incentivesAgricultural ecosystemsAgriculturePESConservation policyAgri-environmental policyBenefit-cost targetingCompetitive biddingConservation Reserve Program (CRP)Environmental quality incentives programFarm/Enterprise Scale GovernanceCost-effective design of agri-environmental payment programs: U.S. experience in theory and practiceAbstractCopyright 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reservedhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.032