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 …

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 …

This study evaluates the tradeoff between agricultural production and water quality at both
the watershed scale and the farm scale, using an integrated economic-biophysical hybrid …

Economic experiments have been used to inform evidence‐based policymaking in a variety
of fields but have rarely been used to address agricultural policy topics in the United States …

Improving water quality in agricultural landscapes is an ongoing challenge, and most agri‐
environmental programs in the United States rely on voluntary adoption of conservation …

Using a design characterized by heterogeneous firms and stochastic ambient pollution, this
study explores how results from ambient tax experiments with student subjects translate to a …

This article considers the regulation of nonpoint source water pollution through the use of a
voluntary‐threat approach, which allows a polluter group to meet a standard voluntarily but …

This paper presents an experimental study of two mechanisms that influence incentives to
reduce ambient pollution levels. In the formal mechanism individuals face a penalty if the …

Abstract Stemming from Segerson [1988], literature on nonpoint source pollution shows that
ambient‐based regulatory policies can induce polluters in a common watershed to comply …