Policy Reforms Needed for Better Water Quality and Lower Pollution Control Costs

James Shortle

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2017, vol. 32, issue 4

Abstract: Agriculture is a leading cause of water quality problems. The existing policy architecture relies excessively on voluntary controls, focuses on effort rather than outcomes, and allocates scarce resources inefficiently across places and sectors. Policy reforms can improve water quality and reduce the social costs of water pollution control.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.265837

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