1. Introduction to the problem -- 2. Current efforts to induce continuous compliance -- 3. Excursions into law and technology -- 4. Economic models of monitoring and enforcement -- 5. Statistical background -- 6. A statistical quality control model -- 7. Lessons from game theory approaches -- 8....

Nonpoint-source pollution (NPSP) poses a special challenge to society's ability to manage its collective environmental good - especially surface and groundwater quality. Since there is no `point', such as an outfall pipe, from which the pollution is being discharged and can be measured,...

This broad review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice offers perspectives from several disciplines: law, economics, engineering, ecology and political science. The historical context provided goes back to the early 19th century, but the book concentrates on the...

Applications of public choice theory : an introduction / Clifford S. Russell -- Public choice in practice / Gordon Tullock -- Super-rationality and school tax voting / Paul R. Portney -- National environmental lobbies and the apparent illogic of collective action / Robert Cameron Mitchell -- The...

Deciding how to allocate forage among animals is a fundamentally important process in range management. The wisdom of these decisions can be enhanced by estimating the marginal value of forage needed by competing species. We present a method for ...