A timely literature on the design of economic incentives for nonpoint pollution control has
been emerging. We describe the nonpoint pollution control problem, some of the peculiar …

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 …

This paper seeks to assess the current status of water quality trading and to identify possible
problems and solutions. Water pollution permit trading programs have rarely been …

Nutrient pollution is one of the most important problems facing aquatic systems globally. The
problem qualifies as a wicked one, involving multiple pollutants from multiple sources …

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 …

Research on nonpoint pollution control instruments has focused primarily on incentives
applied either to production inputs that affect nonpoint pollution, or to ambient pollution …

In nonpoint source pollution problems, the regulator does not observe each polluter's
individual emission, which prevents him from using the conventional policy instruments …

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 …

Chinese green governance aims to achieve green transition and high-quality development
in agriculture. Economic growth theory uses total factor productivity (TFP), an index of input …

The use of transferable discharge permits as a water pollution control policy is rapidly
increasing in the United States. Drawing on evidence from existing water quality trading …