The managers of beach businesses were randomly assigned to receive no intervention or two newsletters per week for 6 weeks that presented economic consequences of damage to coastal water quality and how to contact politicians. The percentage of proenvironmental political contacts was significantly greater in the experimental (newsletter) group than in the control group. Logistical regression sh...

In our paper we aim to identify which individual characteristics form environmental policy attitudes and use data gathered in the European Value Survey in 2008 to empirically test our findings. Knowing voters’ motivation provides valuable insights into how to establish more efficient environmental policies. Furthermore, based upon the results of our literature analysis, we take a deeper look in...

Antoni Margalida*, José A. Donázar, Martina Carrete and José A. Sánchez-Zapata Bearded Vulture Study and Protection Group, Apdo. 43, El Pont de Suert, E25520 Lleida, Spain; Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Avda A. Vespucio s ⁄n, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain; Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, University Pablo de Olavide, Ctra. Utrera km 1, 410...

This paper examines the possibilities of developing agri-environmental policy measures in Israel, focusing on market-oriented instruments. A conceptual framework for developing agri-environmental policy measures is presented, first in very broad lines (mandatory regulations, economic instruments and advisory measures) and subsequently focusing on economic instruments, and specifically, on marke...

This article reviews fundamental economic concepts of enforcing environmental policies. It describes the basic economic theory of compliance with environmental regulations and reviews empirical tests of hypotheses that the theory produces. It also presents some conceptual notions about the efficient design of enforcement strategies. The article deals with enforcement of traditional command-and-...

I consider the interaction of trade and environmental policies in two canonical models: competitive general equilibrium (which I extend to allow for monopoly power in trade) and multi-period oligopoly (which I extend to incorporate a general pollution abatement technology). Despite the complexities of the models and the considerable differences between them, they have surprisingly similar impli...

This paper considers how environmental policies should respond to macroeconomic downturns. It first explores the implications of the global economic downturn of 2008-09 for environmental policies, focusing in particular on the example of action against climate change. The arguments for and against activist fiscal policies in general are then reviewed, and the case made that a demand-induced dow...

Evolutionary and environmental economics have a potentially close relationship. This paper reviews past and identifies potential applications of evolutionary concepts and methods to environmental economics. This covers a number of themes: resource use and ecosystem management; growth and environmental resources; economic and evolutionary progress; and individual behavior and environmental polic...

The concept of sustainable development has become the organizing framework for much economic, social and environmental policy because it meets a policy need. Specifically, it has the potential to address environmental issues in a way that is more consistent with economic and social aspirations than the emphasis on ‘limits to growth’, which was characteristic of much environmental thinking in th...