Economic Incentives and Environmental Policies: Principles and Practice (Environment, Science and Society (1))

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. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Environmental Economics and Environmental Policy Instruments: Introduction and Overview....Pages 1-38 Front Matter....Pages 39-39 Environmental Policy Failures and Environmental Policy Levels....Pages 41-54 Economic Incentives in Environmental Policy: Why are They White Ravens?....Pages 55-67 On the Design of Incentive Mechanisms in Environmental Policy....Pages 69-85 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Instrument Choice in Water Pollution Policy in Italy....Pages 89-112 Carbon Taxation and Global Warming: Domestic Policy Aspects....Pages 113-128 Environmental Policy Instruments for Controlling Air Pollution: An Applied General Equilibrium Modelling Approach for Quantifying their Efficiency and Effectiveness....Pages 129-151 Regulating the Farmers’ use of Pesticides in Sweden....Pages 153-173 Economic Instruments for Environmental Protection in Agriculture: Some Basic Problems of Implementation....Pages 175-193 Front Matter....Pages 195-195 Chain Management in Environmental Policy: Analytical and Evaluative Concepts....Pages 197-228 Wastepaper Cycle Management: Incentives and Product Chain Pressure Point or ‘Leverage Point’ Analysis....Pages 229-249 The Role of Economic Instruments in Solid Waste Management Policy....Pages 251-273 Policy Instruments to Stimulate Cleaner Technologies....Pages 275-300 Back Matter....Pages 301-309 This book contains a collection of papers on economic incentives and environmental policies which result from the authors' joint research work in the program 'sEnvironment, 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 'sEnvironment, Science and Society' series