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- Addresses the ecological and economic performance of agriculture, a topic of fundamental importance to contemporary agricultural and environmental policy
- Explores the role of market failures and government failures as drivers and shapers of the impact of agriculture on water quality
- Presents the theory of externalities and environmental policy instruments with a unique emphasis on diffuse nonpoint pollution
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy (AEFP)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus Agricultural and Environmental Economics, College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
James Shortle
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Professor Emeritus, Environmental Economics, Department of Economics and Management, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Markku Ollikainen
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Senior Scientist Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Antti Iho
About the authors
James Shortle is Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics at the Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Markku Ollikainen is Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Antti Iho is Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Institute, Finland.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Quality and Agriculture
Book Subtitle: Economics and Policy for Nonpoint Source Water Pollution
Authors: James Shortle, Markku Ollikainen, Antti Iho
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47087-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47086-9Published: 13 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47089-0Published: 14 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47087-6Published: 12 June 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-3889
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3897
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 396
Number of Illustrations: 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, Public Policy, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management