This article surveys selected contributions of economics to the literature on water pollution
and the regulation of water quality. While not a comprehensive review, the article highlights …

Non-point-source (NPS) pollution refers to a form of pollution in which neither the source nor
the size of specific emissions can be observed or identified with sufficient accuracy. In NPS …

Insights from behavioral and experimental economics research can inform the design of
evidence-based, cost-effective agri-environmental programs that mitigate environmental …

Agricultural producer participation and spatial coordination of land use decisions are key
components for enhancing the effective delivery of ecosystem services from private land …

This paper provides a succinct review of the main developments in the literature on incentive-
based policy mechanisms in the contexts of pollution control and biodiversity conservation …

Agricultural and applied economists have begun routinely using behavioral and
experimental economics tools to answer important questions about agri-environmental …

We examine policy instruments for ambient water quality protection. One objective is to
illustrate the unique and complex informational challenges that must be addressed in …

Group incentives can and have been used to address a range of environmental and
resource problems. These schemes base individual penalties and/or rewards on the …

Environmental and natural resource (ENR) policies that focus on group outcomes are
common but have received relatively less attention from economists than policies based on …

Watersheds throughout the world have been severely polluted by nutrient-laden runoff that
comes from industrial, agricultural, and residential sources. Efforts to reduce this runoff have …