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Conservation and Distributional Consequences of Pricing Scarce Water During Droughts

Using price incentives to allocate scarce resources is a core tenet of economics but may result in unpalatable distributional outcomes. This paper analyzes the efficacy of prices …

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Derek C. Wietelman
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Emissions Trading Programs for Afforestation: Interactions with Federal Agricultural Conservation Programs

Emissions trading programs have been promoted as efficient means to reduce nonpoint source water pollution and sequester carbon from agricultural land. While trading programs are …

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