Regulation of Nitrogen Pollution: Taxes versus Quotas
Regulation of Nitrogen Pollution: Taxes versus Quotas
dc.contributor.author | Choi, E. Kwan | |
dc.contributor.author | Feinerman, Eli | |
dc.contributor.author | Choi, E. Kwan | |
dc.contributor.department | Economics | |
dc.date | 2018-02-17T21:58:07.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-30T02:04:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-30T02:04:38Z | |
dc.date.copyright | Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 1995 | |
dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
dc.description.abstract | <p>This paper investigates the effects of first-best policies to regulate nitrogen application. Some nitrogen fertilizer is applied ex ante before a random rainfall, but side dressed nitrogen may be applied ex post. First-best policy is a tax or a quota on ex ante application, because side dressed nitrogen is not leached. Since a risk-averse farmer uses more nitrogen ex ante than a risk-neutral farmer, a higher tax must be imposed on the former. Action equivalent first-best taxes and quotas are also welfare equivalent. An empirical model for wheat in Israel was used to demonstrate the analytical</p> | |
dc.description.comments | <p>This is an article from <em>Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics</em> 20 (1995): 122. Posted with permission.</p> | |
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dc.identifier | archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/108/ | |
dc.identifier.articleid | 1103 | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 9058420 | |
dc.identifier.s3bucket | isulib-bepress-aws-west | |
dc.identifier.submissionpath | econ_las_pubs/108 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/21287 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.source.bitstream | archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/108/1995_Choi_RegulationsNitrogen.pdf|||Fri Jan 14 18:28:21 UTC 2022 | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Environmental Studies | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Other Economics | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Petroleum Engineering | |
dc.subject.keywords | first-best policy | |
dc.subject.keywords | quotas | |
dc.subject.keywords | taxes | |
dc.title | Regulation of Nitrogen Pollution: Taxes versus Quotas | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.type.genre | article | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
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