Yadav, Satya; Peterson, Willis; Easter, K. - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 9 (1997) 3, pp. 323-340
Increasing use of nitrogen fertilizer in U.S. agriculture has led to nitrate contamination of water resources. The main objective of the study is to determine if the current use of nitrogen exceeds the profit-maximizing level, since reducing such discrepancy, if any, could raise farmers'...