Special Issues: Environmental Control by Economic Incentives. Lessons from the Experience with Economic Instruments for Environmental Protection in OECD Countries.

Economic Incentives: Options for Environmental Protection

Economic Incentives for Environmental Regulation

This paper provides a brief summary of the theory and the reality of economic-incentive approaches to environmental regulation. The paper begins with a derivation of the necessary and sufficient condition for a policy instrument to be cost effective, namely that the instrument induces all sources to abate emissions at the same marginal cost. Subsequent sections introduce economic-incentive poli...

Economic Incentives for Environmental Protection: Integrating Theory and Practice

Environmental /Economic Development Issues In

The role of environmental/economic development issues in the Polish motorway and roads programme shows several similarities with the UK, albeit starting off much later. The paper reviews the development of government policy on these issues in relation to the evolving politics of Poland since 1989. The Socialist (reformed Communist) governments are less interested in environmental issues and arg...

Economic Development and Environmental Protection

There is a long-standing debate on the relationship between economic development and environmental quality. From a sustainable development viewpoint there has been a growing concern that the economic expansion of the world economy will cause irreparable damage to our planet. In the last few years several studies have appeared dealing with the relationship between the scale of economic activity ...