The Role of Education in Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Policy

Marc Ribaudo and Richard Horan

Review of Agricultural Economics, 1999, vol. 21, issue 2, 331-343

Abstract: Education is often used to provide producers with information on how to operate more efficiently with current technologies or on profitable new technologies that generate less pollution. While such "win-win" solutions to water quality problems are attractive, we use a simple economic framework to show that education cannot be considered a strong tool for water quality protection. Its success depends on a number of factors related to profitability and altruism, and "win-win" solutions are not always guaranteed, even when they appear to exist. Evidence suggests that net returns are the chief concern of producers when they adopt alternative management practices.

Date: 1999
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