Pesticide Use and Regulation: Making Economic Sense out of an Externality and Regulation Nightmare
This article argues that the existing maze of pesticide policies reflects the multidimensionality of side effects of pesticide use that cannot be addressed by uniform policies. Pesticide policies will improve as (a) economic literacy among natural scientists and policymakers increases; (b) economic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
1997-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
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| Online Access: | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30857 |