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The Impact of Policies and Land Characteristics on Potential Groundwater Pollution in Wisconsin
Author(s) -
Wu JunJie,
Segerson Kathleen
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1243826
Subject(s) - groundwater , pollution , margin (machine learning) , environmental science , commodity , groundwater pollution , natural resource economics , water resource management , agricultural economics , economics , aquifer , ecology , geotechnical engineering , machine learning , computer science , market economy , biology , engineering
In this paper we present an empirical framework for quantifying the extensive margin effects of commodity programs and chemical‐use taxes on potential groundwater pollution in Wisconsin. The approach emphasizes the role of the joint distribution of crops and site characteristics in determining policy impacts on groundwater contamination. The results indicate that for a given reduction in total polluting acreage an increase in the Acreage Reduction Program rate for corn is well targeted and would reduce high‐polluting acreage more than a chemical‐use tax or a target price policy in the areas where it might be needed most.