Research Catalog

Title

Environmental Co-benefits and Stacking in Environmental Markets [electronic resource] / Jussi Lankoski ... [et al]

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2015.

Details

Additional Authors

• Lankoski, Jussi.
• Ollikainen, Markku.
• Marshall, Elizabeth.
• Aillery, Marcel.

Description

44 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

This paper investigates farmers' incentives to participate voluntarily in carbon offset markets when environmental credit stacking is allowed, that is, farmers can stack water quality credits with carbon credits. The implications of stacking on additionality of environmental services in interlinked markets, market participation rates, and market equilibrium prices are analysed by developing a conceptual framework of environmental credit stacking, which is applied with data estimates for the US Corn Belt. Analysis shows that credit stacking increases farmers' participation in carbon offset markets, and that such increased participation provides additionality in environmental service provision. It is further shown that ecosystem markets are interlinked so that credit price changes in one market will shift credit supply in another market, thus affecting equilibrium prices. Empirical application of the framework shows that provision of CO2-eq offsets through reductions of nitrogen application or through the establishment of green set-asides is not profitable without water quality credits. A conversion from conventional tillage and reduced tillage to no-till is profitable in some cases, although current low carbon offset prices and transaction costs have a significant negative impact on the number of participating parcels. When farmers are allowed to stack water quality credits the profitability of carbon sequestration practices increases. Reduced nitrogen application levels becomes a profitable option and 21% of field parcels - representing 4.6 million acres- participate in the market with water quality credit prices at base levels of USD 3/lb for N and USD 4/lb for P. The establishment of green set-aside and streamside buffer strips becomes profitable in the lower productivity and highly erodible lands with base prices of nutrient credits. If water quality trading markets are small then high participation rates among farmers may result in an oversupply of nutrient credits and as a consequence equilibrium credit prices and farmers' credit revenue would decrease.

Series Statement

OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, 1815-6797 ; no.72

Uniform Title

OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, no.72.

Subject

• Trade
• Agriculture and Food

LCCN

10.1787/5js6g5khdvhj-en

OCLC

oecd-lib-000722

Title

Environmental Co-benefits and Stacking in Environmental Markets [electronic resource] / Jussi Lankoski ... [et al]

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2015.

Series

OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, 1815-6797 ; no.72

OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, 1815-6797 ; no.72.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js6g5khdvhj-en

Indexed Term

Trade

Agriculture and Food

Added Author

Lankoski, Jussi.

Ollikainen, Markku.

Marshall, Elizabeth.

Aillery, Marcel.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/5js6g5khdvhj-en doi