Nonpoint Source Pollution, Uniform Control Strategies, and the Neuse River Basin

Kurt Schwabe ()

Review of Agricultural Economics, 2001, vol. 23, issue 2, 352-369

Abstract: This research investigates various policy options considered by the state of North Carolina for reducing nonpoint source pollution. Focusing on nitrogen runoff from cropping activities, we estimate and compare the control costs and estuarine nutrient loadings under both the initial proposed rules, which were quite uniform, and the more flexible final proposed rules. We then illustrate the magnitude to which the outcomes from models and policies can diverge depending upon the treatment of the application-specific environmental heterogeneity. Such an analysis illustrates the relative importance of certain types of heterogeneity associated with the environment on policy design and real-world outcomes.

Date: 2001
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