Environmental Economics Research

Water Quality/Nonpoint Source Pollution

Publications

Horan, R.D., E.L. Howe, and R. Claassen, "The Flexibility of Agri-Environmental Instruments: How Well Do They Perform After a Shock?" Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Forthcoming.

Horan, R.D., J.S. Shortle, and D.G. Abler, "Ambient Taxes under m-Dimensional Choice Sets, Heterogeneous Expectations, and Risk-Aversion." Environmental and Resource Economics, forthcoming.

Shortle, J.S. and R.D. Horan, "The Economics of Nonpoint Pollution Control", Journal of Economic Surveys, forthcoming.

Patricia E. Norris, Elaine M. Brown and Sandra S. Batie. “An Analysis of Situation, Structure, Conduct and Performance in Air Emission and Watershed Effluent Markets: Lessons for Trading Program Design to Protect Great Lakes Water Quality.” Final report submitted to Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Great Lakes Protection Fund. Department of Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 2002-06. November 2001.

Horan, R.D., "Differences in Social and Public Risk Perceptions and Conflicting Impacts on Point/Nonpoint Trading Ratios", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83, 934-941, November 2001.

Horan, R.D., "Cost-Effective and Stochastic Dominance Approaches to Stochastic Pollution Control", Environmental and Resource Economics, 18, 373-389, April 2001.

Claassen, R., and R.D. Horan, "Uniform and Non-Uniform Second-Best Input Taxes: The Significance of Market Price Effects on Efficiency and Equity", Environmental and Resource Economics, 19: 1-22, May 2001.

Claassen, R., and R.D. Horan, "Environmental Payments to Farmers: Issues of Program Design", Agricultural Outlook, AGO-272: 15-18, June 2000.

Horan, R.D., J.S. Shortle, and D.G. Abler, "Green Payments for Nonpoint Pollution Control", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 81: 1210-1215, December 1999.

Ribaudo, M.O., and R.D. Horan, "The Role of Education in Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Policy", Review of Agricultural Economics, 21: 331-343, Fall/Winter 1999.

Horan, R.D., and M.O. Ribaudo, "Policy Objectives and Economic Incentives for Controlling Agricultural Sources of Nonpoint Pollution", Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 35: 1023-1035, October 1999.

Horan, R.D., J.S. Shortle, and D.G. Abler, "Ambient Taxes when Polluters Have Multiple Choices", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 36: 186-199, September 1998. Reprinted in Irrigated Agriculture and the Environment, J.S. Shortle and R. Griffen, eds., Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK, in press.

Ribaudo, M.O., R.D. Horan, and M.E. Smith, Economics of Water Quality Protection from Nonpoint Sources - Theory and Practice, ERS Agricultural Economics Report, AER-782, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Resource Economics Division, November, 1999.

Ribaudo, M.O., and R.D. Horan, "The Clean Water Action Plan: Implications for Agriculture", Agricultural Outlook, AGO-255: 23-25, October 1998.

Shortle, J.S., R.D. Horan, and D.G. Abler, "Research Issues in Nonpoint Pollution Control", Environmental and Resource Economics, 11: 571-585, April 1998.

Stephenson, Kurt, Patricia Norris, and Leonard Shabman. "Effluent Allowance Trading: The Nonpoint Source Challenge." Contemporary Economic Policy, 16(October 1998)4:412-421.

Horan, R.D. and J.S. Shortle, "Environmental Instruments for Agriculture", Chapter 2 in Environmental Policies for Agricultural Pollution Control. J.S. Shortle and D.G. Abler, eds., CAB International, in press.

Horan, R.D., M.O. Ribaudo, and D.G. Abler, "Voluntary and Indirect Approaches for Reducing Externalities and Satisfying Multiple Constraints", Chapter 3 in Environmental Policies for Agricultural Pollution Control. J.S. Shortle and D.G. Abler, eds., CAB International, in press.

Working Papers

Abler, D.G., J.S. Shortle, J. Carmichael, and R.D. Horan, "Climate Change, Agriculture, and Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Region", Submitted to Climatic Change.

Horan, R.D., J.S. Shortle, D.G. Abler, and M. Ribaudo. "The Design and Comparative Performance of Alternative Point/Nonpoint Trading Markets I: Theoretical Issues." Submitted to Water Resources Research.

Horan, R.D., J.S. Shortle, and D.G. Abler. "The Design and Comparative Performance of Alternative Point/Nonpoint Trading Markets II: An Empirical Investigation of Nutrient Trading in the Susquehanna River Basin." Submitted to Water Resources Research.

Horan, R.D., D.G. Abler, J.S. Shortle, J. Carmichael, and L. Wang, "Probabilistic, Cost-Effective Point/Nonpoint Management in the Susquehanna River Basin", Submitted to Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

Horan, R.D., R. Claassen, and J. Cooper, "Nonpoint Pollution Policy Design: Does a Stochastic Specification Really Matter?", Submitted to Environmental and Resource Economics.

Last updated February 3, 2003