The credibility of agricultural carbon credits will play a critical role in the determination payments received by farmers through voluntary markets. This article analyzes major challenges from both demand and supply sides to credit programs serves as resource researchers, producers, policymakers, other stakeholders who seek comprehensive analysis that still face this market despite recent posi...

Marketing carbon offset credits generated by urban forest projects could help cities and local governments achieve their financial self-sufficiency and environmental sustainability goals. Understanding the value of carbon credits sourced from urban forests, and the factors that determine buyers’ willingness to pay a premium for such credits could benefit cities in strategically marketing carbon...

This paper investigates the effect of tax policy on productivity in Taiwanese manufacturing firms for the period 2001 to 2008. We first adopt the dynamic random effect (RE) probit model to analyze the determinants of a firm’s decision as to whether or not to apply for tax credits. The results show that the causal effect from past tax credits usage to current tax credits usage exists across indu...

This paper proposes a framework for assessing credits trading mechanisms for corporate social responsibility (CSR). The motivation to structure this framework derives from contemporary market-based mechanisms of emissions trading (or carbon/credits/offsets) and renewable energy credits (RECs). However, the framework proposed herein moves beyond existing forms of credits trading mechanisms that ...

Past agricultural management practices have contributed to the loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) and emission of greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide). Fortunately, however, conservation-oriented agricultural management systems can be, and have been, developed to sequester SOC, improve soil quality, and increase crop productivity. Our objectives were to (i) review literature...