Political Economy and Instruments of Environmental Politics.

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- I Motivation -- 2 From Theory to Practice -- 3 The Political Economy of Climate Instruments -- II Empirical Aspects -- 4 How Trust in Governments Influences the Acceptance of Environmental Taxes -- 5 Political Determinants of Fossil Fuel Pricing -- 6 The Evolution of Renewable Energy Policy in OECD Countries -- 7 Green Parties, Environmental Taxation, and International Trade -- III Theoretical Aspects -- 8 Policy Distortions due to Heterogeneous Beliefs -- 9 The Impact of Domestic Policy Constraints on International Environmental Agreements -- 10 The Clean Development Mechanism, Stochastic Permit Prices, and Energy Investments -- 11 Not In My Backyard Activism and Information -- 12 Time-Consistent Climate Policies -- Contributors -- Index.