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Alejandro Plastina

Alejandro Plastina is an associate professor of economics and an extension economist at Iowa State University.
Articles by Alejandro Plastina

The Emergence of Agricultural Carbon Credits

An economic tool to penalize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and incentivize the adoption of low-emission technologies is carbon pricing. The goal of carbon pricing is to force the GHG emitter to internalize the costs of abating the negative effects of emissions on society—such as additional health care costs or property damage from extreme weather events—through…

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