Kanlaya J. Barr

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the likely consequences on the U.S. ethanol industry, corn producers, taxpayers, fuel blenders, and fuel consumers if current policy is not extended.

TL;DR: In a time of changing demographics, an increasing demand for renewable energy sources and a growing concern for the environment, policy makers in Iowa are faced with the challenge of identifying strategies for economic development that balances the needs of the changing population with economic and resource sustainability.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how institutional, location, and individual characteristics affect choice of hospitals for rural residents, finding that the rural residents most likely to bypass their local hospitals are younger people with private outpatient insurance already living a long distance from any hospital.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report land supply elasticities for the United States and Brazil estimated directly from the observed changes in cropland and estimated changes in expected returns, and show that the resulting aggregate implied land-use elasticities with respect to price are quite inelastic in the U.S. and more elastic in Brazil.