 Formal versus Informal System to Mitigate Non‐point Source Pollution: An Experimental InvestigationKiet T. Nguyen Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2020, vol. 71, issue 3, 838-852 Abstract: Water pollution caused by aquaculture or agricultural activities negatively affects both the activity and downstream areas. A number of other upstream‐downstream problems (e.g. water use, industrial/municipal water source pollution, salinity zoning problems) are examples of similar negative externalities. Non‐point source pollution, which is either prohibitively costly or impossible to observe, is more feasible to identify, and hence mitigate at the aggregate level. We study experimentally the efficacy of two possible management systems: a centralised external, formal government‐led monitoring and control system; a self‐governing communication and informal system, both designed to manage shrimp farming, which generates a non‐point source pollution with upstream‐downstream externalities. Our results suggest that local communication and control outperforms the external monitoring and certification agency. These results, in conjunction with other relevant research, suggest that informal regulation and self‐governance among shrimp farmers can be highly successful in tackling the pollution problem. Date: 2020 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:jageco:v:71:y:2020:i:3:p:838-852 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Journal of Agricultural Economics is currently edited by David Harvey More articles in Journal of Agricultural Economics from Wiley Blackwell |
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