Point/Nonpoint effluent trading with spatial heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1044-1058

  Lankoski, Jussi ^a   Lichtenberg, Erik ^b   Ollikainen, Markku ^c  

^a OECD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Effluent trading; Nonpoint source pollution; Pollution control; Riparian buffers; Tradable permits; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FARMING SYSTEM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 51349114797     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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