Policy instruments for environmental and natural resource management

Thomas Sterner

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

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Year of publication:	c 2003
Authors:	Sterner, Thomas
Institutions:	Resources for the Future, Inc. (contributor) ; Weltbank (contributor) ; Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington, D.C. : Resources for the Future Washington, D.C. : World Bank
Subject:	Umweltpolitik \| Environmental policy \| Natürliche Ressourcen \| Natural resources \| Ressourcenökonomik \| Resource economics \| Umweltökonomik \| Environmental economics \| Theorie \| Theory \| Welt \| World
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov]

Extent:	XXII, 504 S graph. Darst., Kt 24 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Bibliografie ; Bibliografie enthalten ; Bibliography included ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-481) and 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.
ISBN:	1-891853-13-9 ; 1-891853-12-0 ; 0-8213-5381-0
Classification:	Volkswirtschaftliche Ressourcen, Umweltökonomie
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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