@article{Iho:211780,
      recid = {211780},
      author = {Iho, Antti and Parker, Doug and Zilberman, David},
      title = {Optimal Regional Regulation of Animal Waste},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-80375},
      pages = {30},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {Large animal facilities generate more manure than needed  on their own feed production areas. Excessive nutrient  applications deteriorate
groundwater (nitrogen) and surface  water quality (nitrogen and/or phosphorus). Due to  differences in environmental and economic  characteristics,
adjacent regions may have differing  objectives towards controlling nitrogen and phosphorus  surpluses from manure applications. We
consider jointly and  separately optimal nutrient policies of an upstream  agricultural and a downstream recreational region. We show  that, depending
on the environmental and economic  characteristics, tightening upstream regulation with  respect to the loading of one nutrient might
increase the  downstream loading of the other. We differentiate the  impacts of manure regulation between the livestock farms  and the adjacent
crop production farms and show how this  impacts nitrogen and phosphorus loading due to changes in  nutrient application, crop uptake and
changes in  application areas. We allow regional differences in  abatement objectives and identify locally and globally  optimal policies.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/211780},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.211780},
}