IN SEARCH OF THE BEST SOLUTION FOR NON -POINT POLLUTION: EFFLUENT TAXES OR COST-SHARE SUBSIDIES?

David John Walker and John F. Timmons

No 278890, 1980 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: An empirical analysis compared the theoretically more efficient effluent tax with commonly used subsidies and with regulatory policies for reducing agricultural sedimentation in an Iowa river basin. The criteria used in comparing the policies were social cost, equity, administrative cost, political acceptability and cost to farmers.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18
Date: 1980-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278890

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