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Pushkarskaya, Helen N.; Arkes, Hal; Pieratt, Jason; Bamba, Ibrahim. |
The goal of this experimental study was to test an effectiveness of a group contract designed to control nonpoint source water pollution from farms' runoff (Pushkarskaya 2003). In particular, the regulator pays for pollution reduction credits earned by the group of the farmers, who voluntary enter the contract, and is concerned only with the total level of the abatement achieved, while the group of farmers undertakes responsibility to distribute the payment so as to induce the farmers to deliver the desired level of abatement. First round of experiments was conducted using as subjects undergraduate students from the Ohio State University, second round of experiments was conducted using as a subjects Kentucky farmers, who would be an actual subjects to... |
Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19309 |
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