Environmental Policy

Objectives, Instruments, and Implementation
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-924135-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 687 g

The twentieth century witnessed unparalleled economic growth among developed countries, largely based upon the exploitation of fossil fuels, and unparalleled population growth in developing countries. These broad trends in turn did massive damage to the environment. Biodiversity has suffered its biggest reverse since the last great extinctions in geological time, and the burning of fossil fuels has begun to change our climate.

But it was only at the end of the century that environmental concerns were transformed from a narrow sectional interest, moving to the centre-stage of government, and on to the main agendas of companies. Once a minority interest, the environment now commands the attention of ministers, chief executives, and consumers in the supermarket. Party manifestos proclaim the greenness of politicians, companies produce environmental reports, and shoppers opt for organic food and avoid genetically modified products.

This volume focuses on the practical design of economic instruments for environmental policy. It is divided into three parts: the overarching policy context; the choice of policy instruments; and applications to the main sectors of the economy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Helm, Dieter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part One: Principles

- 1: Dieter Helm: Objectives, Instruments, and Institutions

- 2: Giles Atkinson: Sustainable Development and Policy

- 3: David Pearce: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Environmental Policy

- 4: David Pearce: The Economics of Technology-based Environmental Standards

- 5: Anthony Heyes: Making Things Stick: Enforcement and Compliance

- art Two: Policy

- 6: Scott Barrett: Political Economy of the Kyoto Protocol

- 7: David Macdonald: Bartering Biodiversity: What are the Options?

- Part Three: Sectors

- 8: Stephen Smith: Environmental and Public Finance Aspects of the Taxation of Energy

- 9: Simon Cowan: Water Pollution and Abstraction and Economic Instruments

- 10: Ian Hodge: Agri-environmental Policy: A UK Perspective

- 11: Chris Nash: Transport and the Environment

- 12: Inger Brisson and Jane Powell: The UK Landfill Tax

Über Autor(innen)

Dieter Helm is a member of the DTIs Energy Advisory Panel and chairman of the DETRs Academic Panel. He is an Associate Editor of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy and editor of The Utilities Journal. He has advised government and industry in the UK, USA, New Zealand, Japan, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Argentina, Germany, and France.