Chapter 1. Economics and Environmental Degradation -- Chapter 2. Environmental Externalities and their Internationalization Through Voluntary Approaches -- Chapter 3. Monetary Valuation of the Environment -- Chapter 4. Assessing Environmental Policy Instruments -- Chapter 5. International...

Introduction: Economics and Environmental Degradation -- Environmental Externalities and Their Internationalization Through Voluntary Approaches -- Monetary Valuation of the Environment -- A Comparison of Environmental Policy Instruments -- International Environmental Problems

The iron and steel industry is one of the most carbon emitting and energy consuming sectors in Europe. At the same time this sector is of high economic importance for the European Union. Therefore, while public environmental and energy policies target this sector, there is political concern that...

The iron and steel industry is one of the most carbon emitting and energy consuming sectors in Europe. At the same time this sector is of high economic importance for the European Union. Therefore, while public environmental and energy policies target this sector, there is political concern that...

An effective policy scheme to overcome the suboptimal low provision levels of global public goods is developed in this paper. By suggesting a decentralized approach to raise environmental public good provision levels we take account of the lack of a coercive global authority that is able to...

International environmental protection like the combat of global warming exhibits properties of public goods. In the international arena, no coercive authority exists that can enforce measures to overcome free-rider incentives. Therefore decentralized negotiations between individual regions...