Information Problems in the Design of Nonpoint-Source Pollution Policy

Large industrial and municipal emissions were the focus of first-generation environmental policies of the 1970s. Twenty years later, with much success in cleaning up industrial and municipal sources, the focus has changed. The problems of the moment include hazardous wastes, solid wastes, auto pollution, nutrient pollution, pesticide pollution, and sedimentation. These problems, by and large, are caused by many small polluters—such as users of weed sprays, motorists, farmers, and generators of household trash.

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