Optimal soil management and environmental policy

Gilles Lafforgue and Walid Oueslati

Economics Bulletin, 2007, vol. 17, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: This paper studies the effects of environmental policy on the farmer's soil optimal management. We consider a dynamic economic model of soil erosion where the intensity use of inputs allows the farmer to control soil losses. Inputs use induces a pollution which is accentuated by the soil fragility. We show, at the steady state, that environmental tax induces a more conservative farmer behavior for soil, but in some cases it can exacerbate pollution. These effects can be moderated when farmer introduces abatement activity.

Keywords: environmental; policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H4 Q0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-01-22
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