Evaluation of agri-environmental policies for reducing nitrate pollution from New Zealand dairy farms accounting for firm heterogeneity

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-66

  Doole, Graeme J ^a,b   Marsh, Dan ^b   Ramilan, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cap and trade policy; Diffuse pollution; Economic model

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRY FARMING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NITRATE; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84858405833     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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