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Accounting for Spatial Characteristics of Watersheds in Evaluating Water Pollution Abatement Policies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Zeyuan Qiu  and
Tony Prato
Zeyuan Qiu
Affiliation:
Center for Agricultural, Resource and Environmental System (CARES), Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Tony Prato
Affiliation:
Center for Agricultural, Resource and Environmental System (CARES), Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Abstract

This study evaluates three agricultural nonpoint pollution abatement policies: regulating the spatial pattern of agricultural activities, ambient tax, and abatement tax/subsidy. All three policies incorporate spatial characteristics of agricultural emission loading and movement for an agricultural watershed in the Midwest. The effects of spatial variation in natural conditions and landscape features on agricultural emissions and crop yield are evaluated using a newly developed biophysical simulation model and experimental data. While the policies are equally cost effective in reducing agricultural nonpoint source pollution, their implementation feasibility is quite different.

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atrazineenvironmental policynonpoint pollutionsimulationwatershed managementwater quality
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , April 1999 , pp. 161 - 175
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1999

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