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This book contains a collection of papers on economic incentives and environmental policies which result from the authors' joint research work in the program `Environment, Science and Society', conducted under the auspices of the European Science Foundation, with whose cooperation the book has been published.
The work concentrates on the scientific and methodological aspects of the development, implementation and evaluation of economic instruments at a national level. The research is both theoretical and empirical.
- At a theoretical level attention is given to the dynamics of instrument choice in various political and economic contexts, and to the means for evaluating economic instruments in terms of their effectiveness and efficiency.
- At an empirical level the research seeks to investigate the performance of economic instruments in reality and to explore options for new approaches on the interface between technology, economy and the environment. A subject index complements this first volume in the ESF `Environment, Science and Society' series.
List of contents
1. Environmental Economics and Environmental Policy Instruments: Introduction and Overview.- 1. Environmental Economics and Environmental Policy Instruments: Introduction and Overview.- I - Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy Instruments.- 2. Environmental Policy Failures and Environmental Policy Levels.- 3. Economic Incentives in Environmental Policy: Why are they White Ravens?.- 4. On the Design of Incentive Mechanisms in Environmental Policy.- II - Economic Instruments: Empirical Aspects.- 5. Instruments Choice in Water Pollution Policy in Italy.- 6. Carbon Taxation and Global Warming: Domestic Policy Aspects.- 7. Environmental Policy Instruments for Controlling Air Pollution: An Applied General Equilibrium Modeling Approach for Quantifying their Efficiency and Effectiveness.- 8. Regulating the Farmers' Use of Pesticides in Sweden.- 9. Economic Instruments for Environmental Protection in Agriculture: Some Basic Problems of Implementation.- III - Product Cycles, Innovation and the Design of Economic Instruments.- 10. Chain Management in Environmental Policy: Analytical and Evaluative Concepts.- 11. Wastepaper Cycle Management: Incentives and Product Chain Pressure Point or Leverage Point Analysis.- 12. The Role of Economic Instruments in Solid Waste Management Policy.- 13. Policy Instruments to Stimulate Cleaner Technologies.- List of Contributors.
Summary
This book contains a collection of papers on economic incentives and environmental policies which result from the authors' joint research work in the program `Environment, Science and Society', conducted under the auspices of the European Science Foundation, with whose cooperation the book has been published.
The work concentrates on the scientific and methodological aspects of the development, implementation and evaluation of economic instruments at a national level. The research is both theoretical and empirical.
- At a theoretical level attention is given to the dynamics of instrument choice in various political and economic contexts, and to the means for evaluating economic instruments in terms of their effectiveness and efficiency.
- At an empirical level the research seeks to investigate the performance of economic instruments in reality and to explore options for new approaches on the interface between technology, economy and the environment. A subject index complements this first volume in the ESF `Environment, Science and Society' series.
