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Efficient Compliance With Agricultural Nitrate Pollution Standards

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  • Ben White

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Non‐point pollutants such as nitrates are difficult to monitor and hence control. This paper considers nitrate abatement policies for the Tyne catchment in northern England. The analysis is based on an aggregate‐level LP model which predicts producers' production decisions and estimates the resulting spatial distribution of nitrogen applications and nitrate emissions. The policy evaluation compares a catchment‐level nitrate emission quota, a catchment‐level nitrogen input quota and nitrogen input quotas targeted at individual land classes as alternative measures to achieve nitrate concentration standards. The results indicate that targeted nitrogen input quotas provide a feasible and relatively efficient abatement policy when a lack of information on individual farms prevents the use of the least cost emission tax.

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  • Andrew Moxey & Ben White, 1994. "Efficient Compliance With Agricultural Nitrate Pollution Standards," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(1), pages 27-37, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jageco:v:45:y:1994:i:1:p:27-37
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1994.tb00375.x
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