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000133458 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.5424/sjar/20110904-498-10
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000133458 041__ $$aeng
000133458 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-4485-3158$$aEsteban, E.
000133458 245__ $$aPigouvian taxation to induce technological change and abate nonpoint pollution in the Ebro Basin, Spain
000133458 260__ $$c2011
000133458 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000133458 5203_ $$aThe implementation of policies to control nonpoint pollution is a complicated task because the lack of information about the biophysical processes and the asymmetric information between social planner and polluters. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of using an input tax instrument (water tax) with a non-uniform tax rate to abate nonpoint pollution. This water tax instrument generates a reduction in the pollution level, and induces farmers to adopt abatement practices such as better irrigation technology systems. The model presents theoretically and empirically the salinity pollution problems in the Ebro Basin (Northeast of Spain). Farmers are heterogeneous in crop types, irrigation technologies, and biophysical field characteristics. Because of this heterogeneity each farmer generates a different level of emissions, so farmers should be taxed differently. In this analysis, the social planner implements two tax rates according with farmers’ irrigation technology. Using a non-uniform tax rate, pollution emissions are reduced and farmers are induced to change their irrigation technology towards a more efficient one. The use of a more efficient irrigation technology increases social welfare and generates a cutback in the emission loads.
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000133458 590__ $$a0.615$$b2011
000133458 591__ $$aAGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY$$b24 / 55 = 0.436$$c2011$$dQ2$$eT2
000133458 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
000133458 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9454-7896$$aTapia, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000133458 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-3552-1810$$aMartínez, Y.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000133458 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9074-2942$$aAlbiac, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000133458 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico
000133458 773__ $$g9, 4 (2011), 957-970$$pSpan. j. agric. res.$$tSpanish Journal of Agricultural Research$$x1695-971X
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