Environmental Policy in an International Perspective

ISBN-13: 9789048162741 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 338 str.

Laura Marsiliani; Michael Rauscher; Cees Withagen

Opis

The volume contains papers presented at a conference "On the International Dimension of Environmental Policy." It deals with two issues:
*international environmental agreements;
*environmental policies in open economies.

Both issues are hot topics. The debate on how to cope with global climate change has become increasingly heated and controversial, and the relationship between trade and the environment is on the WTO agenda. The book contains review papers in which leading scholars in the field summarise the state of the art and original research extending the state of the art. Most of the papers are theoretically oriented, but some papers also present empirical results, using new econometric methods and new data. The book contains material for those students of economics and researchers who wish to deepen their knowledge in the area of International Environmental Economics, but also for those who endeavour to break new ground in this important field of research.

Spis treści

List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction; L. Marsiliani, M. Rauscher, C. Withagen. International Regimes and Policy Strategies for Climate Change Control; C. Carraro. New Developments in Coalition Theory: An Application to the Case of Global Pollution; M. Finus. The Impact of International Environmental Agreements: The Case of the Montreal Protocol; T. Swanson, R. Mason. International Environmental Agreements Reconsidered: Stability of Coalitions in a One-Shot-Game; W. Buchholz, W. Peters. Inducing Environmental Co-operation by the Design of Emission Permits; C. Ohl. Trade and the Environment: A Survey of the Literature; D.M. Sturm. International Trade and the Environment: The Real Conflicts; W. Althammer, S. Dröge. Environmental Policy and International Trade: Are policy Differentials Optimal? C. Elbers, C. Withagen. Unilateral Pollution Control: Complementarity versus Substitutability of Trade and Environmental Policies; Y. Hiriart. Carbon Leakage: Interaction of Primary and Final Goods Markets; B. Lünenbürger, M. Rauscher. Environmental Policy Reforms in a Small Open Economy with Public and Private Abatement; P. Hatzipanayotou, S. Lahiri, M.S. Michael. National Environmentally Counterproductive Support Measures in Transport: A Transboundary Pollutant; K.W. Steininger. Strategic Competition in Environmental and Fiscal Policies: Theory and Evidence from the United States; D.L. Millimet, P.G. Fredriksson, J.A. List. Limiting Political Discretion and International Environmental Policy Coordination with Active Lobbying; S. Johal, A. Ulph.