The issue of groundwater management remains a practical concern in many regions
throughout the world, while water managers continue to grapple with the question of how to …

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

Nutrient pollution is one of the major sources of water quality impairments in the US
Agriculture is a major source of nutrients. Two alternative strategies for reducing nutrient …

Farmers are often reluctant to adopt sustainable agricultural practices despite a thorough
formal regulatory framework combating unsustainable behaviour. To date, the literature in …

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 …

Ambient-based tax–subsidy schemes have drawn considerable interest in nonpoint
pollution literature as alternatives to emissions-based instruments. Expanding especially on …

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

Ribaudo, Marc O. and Jessica Gottlieb, 2011. Point‐Nonpoint Trading–Can It Work? Journal
of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 47 (1): 5‐14. DOI: 10.1111/j. 1752 …

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 …

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 …