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The importance of site-specific information in the design of policies to control pollution

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Empirical analysis obtained from the study of a high desert environment in Malheur County, OR, proved that considering spatial variance is not a significant factor to be considered in adopting and developing control pollution policies, particularly for agricultural groundwater nitrates. An evaluation of the results using a spatially distributed, dynamic simulation model also established the fact that relatively simple tax schemes and control models are adequate in addressing groundwater contamination problems. The concept can also be applied to hydrological regions with shallow acquifiers.

Groundwater & Lakes Pollution, Research, Agriculture, Water pollution control, Water pollution, Groundwater, Contamination, Groundwater flow

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Nash implementation of a proportional solution to international pollution control problems

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A proportional cost sharing mechanism, based on the environmental ratio equilibrium proposed by Kaneko, has been used to resolve international pollution control conflicts. The proposed solution, which makes use of a first-best Pareto efficient allocation of abatement efforts, actually provides a universally approved proportionality principle and establishes a weakly stable proportional cost sharing resolution. It also permits financial compensation solutions in a complete information Nash equilibrium and yields a first-best Pareto efficient.

Environmental Management, Carbon Dioxide Pollutants, Sulfur Oxide Pollutants, Models, Management, Carbon dioxide, Pollutants, Environmental protection, Gaseous pollutants, Equilibrium (Economics), Sulfur compounds

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Voluntary environmental agreements: good or bad news for environmental protection?

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The financial and administrative cost benefits associated with voluntary agreements (VA) has made it one of the most interesting environmental policy tools. However, it was revealed that the efficiency of VA in ensuring the success of environmental programs is anchored on a number of factors, including social cost of fund, allocation of bargaining power and the magnitude of the background threat. Generally the chances of obtaining success is high when a cost subsidies are low and the existing background threat is strong.

Environmental Programs, Business enterprises, Environmental policy

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