Environmental Economics Research

Pesticide Policies

Swinton, S.M. and S.S. Batie (forthcoming 2001). "Thinking Outside the FQPA Box." Choices 15(4) (Fourth Quarter).

Batie, S.S., S.M. Swinton, and M.A. Schulz 1999. "FQPA Implementation to Reduce Pesticide Residue Risks: Part I: Agricultural Producer Concerns." Staff Paper 99-3, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Swinton, S.M., S.S. Batie, and M.A. Schulz 1999. "FQPA Implementation to Reduce Pesticide Residue Risks: Part II: Implementation Alternatives and Strategies." Staff Paper 99-46, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Whalon, M.E., B.J. Jacobson, S.D. Rawlins, D. Ricks, and S.M. Swinton 1999. "Agricultural Impact of the Sudden Elimination of Key Pesticides under the Food Quality Protection Act." CAST Issue Paper No. 11. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, Ames, IA. March 1999.

Swinton, S.M. 1998. "Less Is More: Why Agro-Chemical Use Will Decline in Industrialized Countries." In G.A.A. Wossink, G.C. van Kooten, and G.H. Peters, eds., Economics of Agro-Chemicals: An International Overview of Use Patterns, Technical and Institutional Determinants, Policies and Perspectives. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. Pages 359-372.

Swinton, S.M. and E. Scorsone 1997. "Short-term Costs and Returns to Michigan Apple, Blueberry, and Tart Cherry Enterprises with Reduced Pesticide Availability." Research Report 551. Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, E. Lansing, MI.

Owens, N., S.M. Swinton, and E.O. van Ravenswaay 1997. "Farmer Demand for Safer Herbicides: Survey Methods and Descriptive Results." Research Report 547. Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, E. Lansing, MI.

Swinton, S.M. and E. Scorsone 1996. "Reduced Pesticide Availability in Apple, Blueberry and Tart Cherry: Short-term Impacts on Growers in Michigan, U.S.A." Acta Horticulturae 429: 335-342.

Rozanski, S.G. and S.M. Swinton 1996. "Modeling the Supply Response of Perennial Fruits to Loss of Pesticide Alternatives." Acta Horticulturae 429: 351-358.

Swinton, S.M., D.W. Lybecker, and R.P. King 1995. "The Effect of Local Triazine Restriction Policies on Recommended Weed Management in Corn." Review of Agricultural Economics 17(2): 257-273.

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