Equilibrium Analysis of Antibiotic Use and Replanting Decisions in Apple Production, An

David Hennessy and Jutta Roosen

Staff General Research Papers Archive from Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Antibiotics are used in fruit production to control fire blight, a bacterial disease of fruit trees that causes yield losses and eventually tree death. Fearing the development of widespread antibiotic resistance, scientists and public health officials are becoming increasingly concerned about antibiotics use in agriculture. We develop a framework for assessing the impacts of changes in tree damage risk following a ban on antibiotics use in the apple industry. Allowing for entry and exit, we provide a long-run analysis of replanting dates and equilibrium prices, as well as an estimate of the welfare impacts of a ban on antibiotics.

Date: 2001-12-01
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Published in Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, December 2001, vol. 26 no. 2, pp. 539-553

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Journal Article: AN EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS OF ANTIBIOTICS USE AND REPLANTING DECISIONS IN APPLE PRODUCTION (2001)
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