Policy instruments for environmental and natural resource management

Sterner, Thomas ;

Policy instruments for environmental and natural resource management - Washington, DC : Stockholm, Sweden : Resources for the Future : World Bank ; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, ©2003. - xxii, 504 p. : illustrations, map ;

Included Index.

The Need for Environmental and Natural Resource Policy --
Classical Causes of Environmental Degradation --
Public Economics and Information --
Adapting Models to Ecosystems: Ecology, Time, and Space --
The Evolution of Rights --
Review of Policy Instruments --
Direct Regulation of the Environment --
Tradable Permits --
Taxes --
Subsidies, Deposit-Refund Schemes, and Refunded Emissions Payments --
Property Rights, Legal Instruments, and Informational Policies --
National Policy and Planning --
Selection of Policy Instruments --
Efficiency of Policy Instruments --
Role of Uncertainty and Information Asymmetry --
Equilibrium Effects and Market Conditions --
Distribution of Costs --
Politics and Psychology of Policy Instruments --
International Aspects --
Design of Policy Instruments --
Policy Instruments for Road Transportation --
Environmental Damage Caused by Transportation --
Environmental Road Pricing --
Taxation or Regulation for Fuel Efficiency --
Fuel Quality, Vehicle Standards, and Urban Planning --
Lessons Learned: Transportation --
Policy Instruments for Industrial Pollution --
Experience in Developed Countries --
Experience in Developing Countries --
Policy Instruments for the Management of Natural Resources and Ecosystems --
Water --
Waste --
Fisheries --
Agriculture --
Forestry --
Ecosystems --
Policy Issues and Potential Solutions.

Encourages widespread and careful use of economic policy instruments. Intended primarily for application in developing and transitional countries, this book compares the accumulated experiences of the use of economic policy instruments in the US and Europe, as well as in select rich and poor countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

1891853139 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781891853135 1891853120 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781891853128 0821353810 9780821353813


Environmental policy.
Conservation of natural resources

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