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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797421203321

Titolo

Political economy and instruments of environmental politics / / edited by Friedrich Schneider, Andrea Kollmann, and Johannes Reichl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015]

ISBN

0-262-32974-3

0-262-32973-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

CESifo seminar series

Altri autori (Persone)

SchneiderFriedrich

KollmannAndrea <1980->

ReichlJohannes <1979->

Disciplina

333.7

Soggetti

Environmental policy - Economic aspects

Energy policy - Environmental aspects

Environmental economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; 1 Introduction; I Motivation; 2 From Theory to Practice; 3 The Political Economy of Climate Instruments; II Empirical Aspects; 4 How Trust in Governments Influences the Acceptance of Environmental Taxes; 5 Political Determinants of Fossil Fuel Pricing; 6 The Evolution of Renewable Energy Policy in OECD Countries; 7 Green Parties, Environmental Taxation, and International Trade; III Theoretical Aspects; 8 Policy Distortions due to Heterogeneous Beliefs; 9 The Impact of Domestic Policy Constraints on International Environmental Agreements

10 The Clean Development Mechanism, Stochastic Permit Prices, and Energy Investments11 Not In My Backyard Activism and Information; 12 Time-Consistent Climate Policies; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Economists have long argued that market-based instruments such as, environmental taxes, and emission trading systems, are the superior way to offset the negative externalities of any kind of economic activities. Yet, whether the effects of using these instruments are sufficient, whether they are actually used efficiently, and especially which factors influence their effectiveness is subject to a lively debate.



It is the ultimate task of research to identify existing barriers among economic agents so as to gain valuable insight into how to overcome them. There still is much work to be done when it comes to evaluating the effectiveness of policy instruments with regard to the achievement of environmental targets. This work examines this topic.