The role of economic returns in land use change: Evidence from farm-level data in the US Northern Great Plains

Mary Doidge is an assistant professor, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Québec, Canada. David A. Hennessy is a professor and Elton R. Smith Chair in Food and Agricultural Policy, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Hongli Feng is an associate professor, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.