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Multiple Agents, and Agricultural Nonpoint-Source Water Pollution Control Policies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Rodney B.W. Smith  and
Theodore D. Tomasi
Rodney B.W. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota
Theodore D. Tomasi
Affiliation:
ECG Consultants, Wilmington Delaware
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Abstract

Assuming asymmetric information over farmer profits and zero transaction costs, prior literature has suggested that when regulating nonpoint source water pollution, a tax on management practices (inputs) can implement full-information allocations and is superior to a tax on estimated runoff. Using mechanism design theory under asymmetric information, this paper shows that under the same assumptions, management practice taxes and taxes on estimated runoff are equally efficient.

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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , April 1999 , pp. 37 - 43
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Copyright © 1999 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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