Environmental policy analysis : dealing with economic distortions / / Helge Sigurd Naess-Schmidt and Lars Jensen

• Autore: Naess-Schmidt Helge Sigurd
• Pubblicazione: Copenhagen, [Denmark] : , : Nordic Council of Ministers, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (80 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.7
• Soggetto topico: Environmental policy; Environmental protection
• Persona (resp. second.): JensenLars
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents ; Preface ; Introduction ; Summary ; Scope of the study ; Key lessons ; Current practices in the Nordic countries ; Recommendations ; 1. Dealing with distortions ; 1.1 A primer on labour market distortions ; 1.1.1 I - Four dimensions of labour supply ; 1.1.2 II - Balanced budget approach ; 1.1.3 III - Unchanged income distribution ; 1.1.4 IV - Zero longrun real wage elasticity of labour supply ; 1.1.5 Use of the four principles in two examples ; Example one ; Example two ; 1.2 Marginal cost of public funds ; Box 1: Marginal cost of public funds ; 1.3 Assessing product market distortions 1.3.1 Theoretical approach - with no existing distortions ; 1.3.2 Theoretical approach - with existing distortions ; Box 2: Assessing product market distortions in practice ; 1.4 Distortions related to typical policy instrument categories ; 1.4.1 Command and control (CaC) measures ; 1.4.2 Environmental taxes ; 1.4.3 Support for new technology ; 1.4.4 User fees ; 1.5 How distortions are dealt with in existing guidelines ; 1.5.1 The recommended MCPF ; Box 3: The applied size of the MCPF across guidelines ; Box 4: The size of the labour market distortion - Danish guidelines 1.5.2 Distortions, measures and intercations ; 2. Analytical examples ; 2.1 Example 1: Removing the PSOtax on the market for electricity ; 2.1.1 Impact on labour market ; 2.1.2 Impact on product market ; 2.2 Example 2: A gradual mandatory scrap scheme for old wood burning stoves ; 2.2.1 The alternative investment cost ; 2.2.2 The lost value of old stove ; 2.2.3 The traditional deadweight loss ; 2.2.4 The shadow price ; Box 5: The cost calculation in the analysis for DEA ; 2.3 Example 3: Car taxation ; 2.3.1 A wide range of product market interventions Box 6: Car taxation in the Nordic countries ; 2.3.2 A wide range of external social costs ; 2.3.3 Calculating the product market distortion ; 2.3.4 Labour market distortion ; 2.4 Example 4: Waste management - higher recycling ; 2.4.1 The process of waste generation and recycling ; 2.4.2 The benefits of recycling ; 2.4.3 The costs of recycling ; Production costs ; Box 7: Example - Financing incinerators, Denmark ; Environmental damages ; Product market costs ; Labour market distortions ; Norway ; Finland ; Sweden ; United Kingdom ; References ; Overall references References - Nordic Guidelines ; Denmark ; Danish Summary ; Studiets afgrænsning ; Hovedkonklusioner ; Nuværende praksis i de nordiske lande ; Anbefalinger ; Appendix A ; Analytical example 1 - removing the PSO-charge
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental policy analysis
• ISBN: 92-893-4391-5; 92-893-4390-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797986903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: TemaNord ; ; 2015:576.