Voluntary Approaches for Environmental Policy [electronic resource]: Effectiveness, Efficiency and Usage in Policy Mixes /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2003.
Do voluntary approaches deliver the expected environmental benefits?  Do they help reach environmental targets in a cost-effective way?  This report provides an assessment of the use of voluntary approaches building on a number of new case studies.  Analysis is on the environmental effectiveness, economic efficiency and the administrative costs either used in isolation or as part of “policy mixes”.  The book concludes that the environmental effectiveness of voluntary approaches is often questionable, and their economic efficiency is generally low.
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Foreword; Table of Contents; 1. Summary, Conclusions and Policy Recommendations; 2. Introduction; 3. New Case Studies; 4. Environmental Effectiveness of Voluntary Approaches; 5. Economic Efficiency of Voluntary Approaches; 6. Administration and Transaction Costs; 7. Implementation Issues; 8. Comparison of Voluntary Approaches and Tradable Permit Systems; 9. Introduction; 10. Voluntary Approaches Used in Combination with Environmental Permit Systems; 11. Voluntary Approaches Used in Combination with Environmentally Motivated Subsidies
12. Voluntary Approaches Used in Combination with Taxes or Charges13. Voluntary Approaches Used in Combination with Emission Trading Systems; References
Do voluntary approaches deliver the expected environmental benefits?  Do they help reach environmental targets in a cost-effective way?  This report provides an assessment of the use of voluntary approaches building on a number of new case studies.  Analysis is on the environmental effectiveness, economic efficiency and the administrative costs either used in isolation or as part of “policy mixes”.  The book concludes that the environmental effectiveness of voluntary approaches is often questionable, and their economic efficiency is generally low.
Environmental policy.
Environmental policy
Voluntarism
Economic History
Business & Economics