Flexible Incentives for the Adoption of Environmental Technologies in Agriculture
Flexible Incentives for the Adoption of Environmental Technologies in Agriculture identifies and structures more flexible economic incentives for the achievement of environmental goals in agriculture. It provides a conceptual framework and presents case studies that analyze how flexible incentives c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1999, 1999
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
| Series: | Natural Resource Management and Policy
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- I: Overview of the Role of Environmental Regulations in Agriculture
- 2 Environmental Regulation in Agriculture and the Adoption of Environmental Technology
- 3 Evolution of EPA Programs and Policies that Impact Agriculture
- 4 Environmental Conservation Strategies: What Works and What Might Work Better
- II: Theoretical and Conceptual Framework
- 5 Flexible Incentives for Environmental Management in Agriculture: A Typology
- 6 Flexible Incentives: A Unifying Framework for Policy Analysis
- 7 Sustainability, Technology and Incentives
- III: Case Studies
- 8 Using Ecolabeling to Encourage the Adoption of Innovative Environmental Technologies in Agriculture
- 9 Environmental Externalities and International Trade: The Case of Methyl Bromide
- 10 Alcohol Fuel Tax Policy: Sugar, Corn and the Environment
- 11 Public versus Private Land Ownership to Preserve Wildlife Habitat
- 12 Environmental Policy and Technology Adoption in Animal Agriculture
- 13 Flexible Incentives and Water Quality Control Technologies for the Everglades Agricultural Area
- 14 Adoption of Water Conserving Technologies in Agriculture: the Role of Expected Profiles and Public Interest
- 15 Technological Innovation to Remove Water Pollutants
- 16 Health Risk Information to Reduce Water Pollution
- 17 Agricultural Production Contracts to Reduce Water Pollution
- 18 Design versus Performance Standards to Reduce Nitrogen Runoff: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Dairy Farms
- IV: Political Economy of Environmental Regulation
- 19 Regulatory Takings Issues: The Case of Grass Field-burning Restrictions in Eastern Washington State
- 20 Providing for the Common Good in an Era of Resurgent Individualism
- 21 Political Feasibility: Institutional Limits on Environmental Regulation
- V: Synthesis and Conclusions
- 22 From Adoption to Innovation of Environmental Technologies