Although there is a huge demand for accurate analysis of
environmental policy outcomes in both the academic and
policy-making communities, there is currently very little
theoretical research on this issue. This ambitious book redresses
the balance by constructing a new theoretical framework at the
crossroads between economics and political science to account for
the effectiveness of environmental governance. Drawing on insights
from new institutional economics, environmental economics,
collective action theory and social capital theory, the author
analyses how policy outcomes are influenced by institutional
factors that constrain and empower the target groups of
environmental regulation. This is the first attempt towards a
general theoretical treatise of voluntary environmental agreements,
based on a dual institutionalist approach that allows for
comparisons between environmental taxes and agreements. The author
systematically compares the performance of the radically different
CO2 policy strategies of Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands -
non-intervention, earmarked CO2 taxes and energy agreements. From
this unique cross-national study, it is concluded that CO2 taxes
are generally more effective than voluntary energy agreements
which, if practised in specific institutional settings, will
outperform laissez-faire policy alternatives. This book will be
required reading for environmental economists, political scientists
and climate change researchers. It will also provide policymakers
with useful empirical evidence and advice on how to design
voluntary environmental agreements and green taxes to maximize
environmental benefits.
General
| Imprint: |
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
New Horizons in Environmental Economics series |
| Release date: |
April 2005 |
| Authors: |
Martin Enevoldsen
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
304 |
| Edition: |
illustrated edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84376-880-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
The environment >
General
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| LSN: |
1-84376-880-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781843768807 |
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