Environmental policy instruments generate transaction costs to public and private parties. There is a growing literature reporting on the size of transaction costs produced by environmental policy instruments. This paper extends that literature through an analysis of the factors that influence...

Environmental policy has assumed a high profile in Australia with recent policies addressing aspects of land degradation (National Heritage Trust and the National Action Plan), forest management (Regional Forests Agreements) and climate change (programs administered by the Australian Greenhouse...

This paper argues that the static vision in ecological economics of a fundamental clash between a neo-classical self-interest perspective and limit discourse as de-ontological perspective is an ineffective route towards disseminating environmental values and consciousness. Following the...