Agri-environmental program compliance in a heterogeneous landscape

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-22

  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

Enforcement; Fertilizer; Monitoring; Nutrient runoff; Riparian buffers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; MONITORING; RUNOFF;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; ENFORCEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; RIPARIAN BUFFERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPLIANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HETEROGENEITY; INCENTIVE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LOSS; POLICY MAKING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

FINLAND;

EID: 77950511306     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9361-x     Document Type: Article

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