WIlliam Foster

Prof. WIlliam Foster

Department of Agricultural Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, Chile

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Academic Career Length

38Years (1989-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 November 1989 in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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WFWIlliam Foster
WIlliam Foster
RJRichard E Just
Richard E Just

1 November 2007 in American Journal of Agricultural Economics
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SLSergio Horacio Lence
Sergio Horacio Lence
SMStéphan Marette
Stéphan Marette
DHDermot J. Hayes
Dermot J. Hayes
WFWIlliam Foster
WIlliam Foster

9 February 2022 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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MCM.E. Correa-Cano
M.E. Correa-Cano
GSGloria Salmoral
Gloria Salmoral
DRD. Rey
D. Rey
JKJ.W. Knox
J.W. Knox
AGA. Graves
A. Graves
XYXiaoyu Yan
Xiaoyu Yan

1 October 2010 in World Development
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AVAlberto Valdés
Alberto Valdés
WFWIlliam Foster
WIlliam Foster

19 October 2014 in Small Business Economics
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FMFélix Modrego
Félix Modrego
PMPhilip McCann
Philip McCann
WFWIlliam Foster
WIlliam Foster
MOM. Rose Olfert
M. Rose Olfert

26 February 2021 in Atmosphere
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OMOscar Melo
Oscar Melo
WFWIlliam Foster
WIlliam Foster
The appropriate design of land-use and rural employment policies depends upon the anticipated performance of the farm sector in the context of expected climate changes, especially with respect to land allocations to potential activities. Concerns over the possible net benefits of land-use changes are particularly acute in lower- and middle-income countries, where agriculture tends to be important in employment, income generation and foreign-exchange earnings. This paper presents an analysis of the expected impacts on land use in Chile of projected climate-change scenarios in 2040 and 2070. We developed a farmland allocation model with associated labor employment at the municipal level driven by expected relative net incomes per hectare, constructed from local average per-hectare yields, regional average output prices and per-hectare production cost estimates. The sensitivities of cropland allocations to relative net-income changes were estimated using historical land allocations at the municipal level derived from the last two Chilean Agricultural Censuses. The results show that the impacts of climate changes will be mitigated by land-use adaptation, the main export-earning crops tending to move south; in aggregate, agricultural employment will decrease in all the climate-change scenarios; forestry and agriculture would likely suffer a loss in net-income generation under severe climate-change scenarios.