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Pierre Crosson took his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas and his doctorate in economics from Columbia University. He has worked as an economist with various government agencies, including the Tennessee Valley Authority, with the Bank of America, and the National Planning Association. Since 1965 he has been employed by Resources for the Future, where he is a Senior Fellow. He is the author (with Sterling Brubaker) ofResource and Environmental Effects of U.S. Agriculture, and of other books and articles dealing with issues in management of agricultural land. His current research deals with the effects of soil erosion on productivity of the land and water quality and policy alternatives for reducing these damages.
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Crosson, P. Agricultural land: A question of values. Agric Hum Values 2, 6–13 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01530672
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01530672