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Economic Policies for Sustainable Development
Professor Thomas . Ed(S): Sterner
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Description for Economic Policies for Sustainable Development
Hardback. Examines economic instruments in policy making throughout the world. These innovative instruments, such as green taxes and tradeable permits, can cut the costs of environmental programs considerably and thereby increase the chances that necessary, but expensive, programmes will be implemented. Editor(s): Sterner, Professor Thomas. Series: Economy and Environment. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
This book focuses on describing policy instruments in different countries. Its purpose is not only descriptive but also, to some extent, advocatory. We believe that economic instruments can make an important contribution to an environmentally less disruptive path of development. The design of economic instruments is however a fine art and depends among other things on their political acceptability and this acceptability is of course influenced by experience. It is therefore important to provide information on the use of policy instruments in other countries. Policies are currently developing quite fast and thus a book such as this one can inevitably ... Read more
This book focuses on describing policy instruments in different countries. Its purpose is not only descriptive but also, to some extent, advocatory. We believe that economic instruments can make an important contribution to an environmentally less disruptive path of development. The design of economic instruments is however a fine art and depends among other things on their political acceptability and this acceptability is of course influenced by experience. It is therefore important to provide information on the use of policy instruments in other countries. Policies are currently developing quite fast and thus a book such as this one can inevitably ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Series
Economy and Environment
Number of Pages
333
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792326809
SKU
V9780792326809
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99-15
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