NITROGEN SOURCES AND GULF HYPOXIA: POTENTIAL FOR POINT-NONPOINT TRADING

Marc Ribaudo, Ralph E. Heimlich and Mark Peters

No 20796, 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Nutrients from municipal and agricultural sources are probable causes of a zone of hypoxic waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Costs of control between the two sources vary widely. We examine cost saving that could be obtained by allowing point sources to purchase nitrogen loss reductions from agriculture.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20796

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