Agricultural externalities and environmental regulation: evaluating good practice in citrus production
Economic activity takes place in a scenario characterized by an increasing number of environmental regulations aimed at bringing under control the emission of contaminating wastes. In this paper, we evaluate the impact of transforming a code of good practice in nitrogen fertilization on Spanish citrus fruit farms into an environmental regulation of compulsory fulfilment. Using data envelopment techniques, we calculate unrestricted and environmentally regulated short-run maximum profits. Both profit values are then used to compute an index of the cost of regulation. Our results suggest that the cost of shifting from a merely recommended practice to a binding rule is low. On average, the loss of profit computed is only about 4%. Furthermore, we find that farms' overall efficiency is low and that the current gap between observed and regulated fertilization practices could be overcome by improving overall management efficiency.
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2006
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Authors: | Picazo-Tadeo, Andres ; Reig-Martinez, Ernest |
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Applied Economics. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0003-6846. - Vol. 38.2006, 11, p. 1327-1334
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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