BENEFITS OF REDUCING DOMESTIC WELL NITRATE CONTAMINATION FROM CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS: A NATIONAL MODEL OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION

Jeffrey K. Lazo, Donald Waldman (), Thomas D. Ottem and William Wheeler

No 22143, 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of benefits to private drinking water well users from regulatory changes for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Combining a statistical model of groundwater quality with benefit estimates based on values available from the literature, we develop aggregate national benefit estimates for reduced well water contamination from changes in CAFO regulations. The statistical model is developed to explore truncation and selection issues. We conduct a sensitivity analysis of aggregate benefit estimates to model estimation and benefits transfer values.

Keywords: Resource/Energy; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.22143

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