THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Subtitle: A Public Choice Approach to Market Instruments
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: March 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781858989648
Subjects: Central government policies; Environmental Economics; Pressure groups; Natural Resources; Nature; Netherlands; Nature/Ecology; Economics - General; Business & Economics; Economic Conditions; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Economic aspects; Environmental Policy
Description: Why is it that market instruments have not been used to their full potential in environmental policy? Using a public choice perspective, this book critically analyses the political economy of environmental policy with special emphasis on the role of powerful interest groups which have blocked the introduction of market instruments. The Political Economy of Environmental Policy will be of interest to environmental and ecological economists, policy makers, political scientists and public choice scholars.