Thomas Sterner's book is an attempt to encourage more widespread and careful use of economic policy instruments. The book compares the accumulated experiences of the use of economic policy instruments in the U.S. and Europe, as well as in rich and poor countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Ambitious in scope, it discusses the design of instruments that can be employed in any country in a wide range of contexts, including transportation, industrial pollution, water pricing, waste, fisheries, forests, and agriculture.
While deeply rooted in economics, Policy Instruments...
Thomas Sterner's book is an attempt to encourage more widespread and careful use of economic policy instruments. The book compares the accumulated ...
Environmental Policy is an increasingly important subject as we enter an era where environmental issues are affecting all walks of life. This informative collection provides a guide through the behavioral and political foundations of environmental economic policy. It includes an in-depth view of the current economic discipline whilst incorporating research from other social and behavioral sciences. Students and scholars as well as environmental policy makers will find this an essential tool to navigate the political and behavioural issues that we have to understand in order to resolve some of...
Environmental Policy is an increasingly important subject as we enter an era where environmental issues are affecting all walks of life. This informat...
