An Estimation of the Regulatory Cost on California Agricultural Producers

Sean P. Hurley, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Jay E. Noel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Abstract

Regulations can have many different effects on producers—both positive and negative. They can positively affect producers by improving marketability of the crop and increasing worker’s safety which would provide benefits to producers in the form of higher prices and/or potential cost savings. They can also negatively affect producers by increasing the cost of production by mandating that producers use more costly or less efficacious inputs, causing negative effects to the producers’ bottom-line. Regulations can also have a negative effect on producers by increasing non-cash costs related to management time.