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Stewardship Signaling and Use of Social Pressure to Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution

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  • Leah H. Palm-Forster
  • Mark Griesinger
  • Julianna M. Butler
  • Jacob R. Fooks
  • Kent D. Messer

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Nonpoint source pollution persists in agricultural landscapes, and policy makers are increasingly interested in opportunities to reduce pollution using behavioral approaches in lieu of regulations or increased financial incentives. We use a laboratory experiment to analyze how stewardship signaling and social pressure affect management decisions with environmental consequences. We find that stewardship signaling and, to some extent, social pressures increase adoption of a pollution-abatement technology, but the effect on social net benefit depends on the relative cost of technology adoption and the economic benefits of pollution reduction. Our results have implications for agri-environmental programs that publicly recognize environmental stewardship.

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  • Leah H. Palm-Forster & Mark Griesinger & Julianna M. Butler & Jacob R. Fooks & Kent D. Messer, 2022. "Stewardship Signaling and Use of Social Pressure to Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 98(4), pages 618-638.
  • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:98:y:2022:i:4:p:618-638
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.98.4.041820-0056R1
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    1. Jorge Marco & Renan Goetz, 2024. "Public policy design and common property resources: A social network approach," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 106(1), pages 252-285, January.

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    JEL classification:

    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water

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