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Table 1 Data descriptive statistics: yearly state-level data on agricultural outputs and inputs for U.S. 48 States, 1990–2004

From: The potential cost of regulation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions in U.S. agriculture

Variables*

Mean

Std Dev

Minimum

Maximum

y1 Crops

2.9426

3.4521

0.0327

22.9963

y2 Livestock

0.8655

0.7953

0.004

3.7274

b3 Methane

3.0913

5.584

0.0051

30.3838

b4 Nitrous Oxide

2.4751

2.4652

0.0093

12.7775

x1 Capital

1.5736

1.3427

0.0208

6.1439

x2 Labor

1.9615

2.1647

0.0118

13.6648

x3 Land

1.9396

1.7162

0.0242

11.2267

x4 Energy

1.7249

1.594

0.0153

8.3163

x5 Chemicals

1.9772

2.0939

0.0081

9.8501

x6 Pesticides

1.8768

1.9894

0.0045

11.5596

x7 Fertilizer

2.0512

2.2991

0.0101

12.7621

  1. *All indexes with respect to Alabama in 1966, 1996 dollars
  2. Source: ERS: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/agricultural-productivity-in-the-us/ Accessed on November 10, 2016 and EPA: https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/Downloads/ghgemissions/508_Complete_GHG_1990_2008.pdf. Accessed on November 10, 2016. This url has been discontinued but information can be found at https://cfpub.epa.gov/ghgdata/inventoryexplorer/#iagriculture/entiresector/allgas/gas/all
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