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The Use of Estimated Pollution Flows in Agricultural Pollution Control Policy: Implications for Abatement and Policy Instruments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

James S. Shortle
James S. Shortle*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

Flows of water pollutants from agricultural sources are, for all practical purposes, unobservable by direct monitoring. These flows can, however, be estimated using hydrological models. The analysis presented in this paper demonstrates that uncertainty on estimated flows is not neutral with respect to the optimal level and allocation of estimated abatement or with respect to the expected net benefits of alternative pollution control policy instruments. Policy implications are noted.

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Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , October 1984 , pp. 277 - 285
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Copyright © 1984 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

Pennsylvania State Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series No. 6958.

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