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The Role of Education in Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Policy

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  • Marc O. Ribaudo
  • Richard D. Horan

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Education is often used to provide producers with information on how to operate more efficiently with current technologies or on profitable new technologies that generate less pollution. While such "win-win" solutions to water quality problems are attractive, we use a simple economic framework to show that education cannot be considered a strong tool for water quality protection. Its success depends on a number of factors related to profitability and altruism, and "win-win" solutions are not always guaranteed, even when they appear to exist. Evidence suggests that net returns are the chief concern of producers when they adopt alternative management practices.

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  • Marc O. Ribaudo & Richard D. Horan, 1999. "The Role of Education in Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Policy," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 21(2), pages 331-343.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revage:v:21:y:1999:i:2:p:331-343.
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