[paper in French] Recent surveys report the increasing number of muddy flows and point out the fact that agricultural practices (among others) play an important role in their occurrence. We propose to use an ambient tax/subsidy instrument to induce farmers to adopt better practices. The...

Recent surveys report the increasing number of muddy flows in many areas, and point out the fact that agricultural practices (among others) influence significantly the risk and severity of muddy flows. In this paper, we investigate the economic incentives that can be given to the farmer to adopt...