Science, Uncertainty, and Environmental Policy Scientific Uncertainty and Environmental Problem Solving John Lemons

The precautionary principle and environmental policy: science, uncertainty, and sustainability.

n matters of personal health, prevention and precaution are widely recognized " best practices. " Policymakers are eager to endorse suggestions that we exercise or eat more fiber, or avoid tobacco and alcohol. Policies governing the release of toxic chemicals into the environment have not reflected similar common sense and foresight. However , there are some positive signs that this is changing...

Environmental Policy Aid Under Uncertainty

Manager Optimism Based on Environmental Uncertainty and Accounting Conservatism

It is expected that more accounting conservation (environmental uncertainty) reduces manager optimism. Prior research, however, has struggled to establish this relation empirically. Moreover, some evidence points to the possibility that the manager optimism is lower for firms with more accounting conservation. In this paper, the author examine the link between accounting conservation, environme...

Regime Shifts, Environmental Signals, Uncertainty, and Policy Choice

Quantitative Analysis of Uncertainty and Variability in Environmental Policy Making

i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I spent the summer of 1992 working as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Science and Engineering Fellow. This fellowship program is administered by AAAS under EPA sponsorship. My assignment was in the Exposure Assessment Group (EAG) of the Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, whic...