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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Agri-environmental program compliance under heterogeneous conditions
Autores: | Lankoski,   Jussi E.; Lichtenberg,   Erik; Ollikainen,   Markku.
Data: | 2008-10-24
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Nutrient runoff; Monitoring; Enforcement; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Resumo: | Heterogeneity of agricultural landscapes may necessitate the use of spatially targeted instrument combinations to implement the social optimum. But compliance with these policies may require costly enforcement. This paper examines the design of agri-environmental policies featuring two of the most commonly used instruments, reductions in fertilizer application rates and installation of riparian buffers. While compliance with buffer strip requirements is verifiable at negligible cost, fertilizer application is only verifiable through costly monitoring. We derive optimal subsidies for fertilizer reduction and buffer strip set-asides and enforcement strategies for the cases of low and excessive monitoring costs. An empirical simulation model suggests that enforceable policies can come close to replicating socially optimal crop production, nitrogen runoff, and overall welfare without requiring increases in overall subsidy expenditures, at least under conditions characteristic of Scandinavia.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/44381
Relação: | European Association of Agricultural Economists&gt;2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium
Formato: | 9