Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management, 1st edition

STERNER, Thomas

ISBN 10: 1891853120 / ISBN 13: 9781891853128

Published by Routledge; 2nd edition, 2011, 2002

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Pbk 504pp, illustr charts throughout, faint rubbing to extremities otherwise an unread copy, excellent clean tight unmarked as new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management, 1st edition
• Publisher: Routledge; 2nd edition, 2011
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891853120
• ISBN 13: 9781891853128
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: as new
• Dust Jacket Condition: new

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Synopsis

As Thomas Sterner points out, the economic “toolkit” for dealing with environmental problems has become formidable. It includes taxes, charges, permits, deposit-refund systems, labeling, and other information disclosure mechanisms. Though not all these devices are widely used, empirical application has started within some sectors, and we are beginning to see the first systematic efforts at an advanced policy design that takes due account of market-based incentives. Sterner’s book encourages more widespread and careful use of economic policy instruments. Intended primarily for application in developing and transitional countries, the book compares the accumulated experiences of the use of economic policy instruments in the U.S. and Europe, as well as in select rich and poor countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Ambitious in scope, the book discusses the design of instruments that can be employed in a wide range of contexts, including transportation, industrial pollution, water pricing, waste, fisheries, forests, and agriculture. Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management is deeply rooted in economics but also informed by perspectives drawn from political, legal, ecological, and psychological research. Sterner notes that, in addition to meeting requirements for efficiency, the selection and design of policy instruments must satisfy criteria involving equity and political acceptability. He is careful to distinguish between the well-designed plans of policymakers and the resulting behavior of society. A copublication of Resources for the Future, the World Bank, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

About the Author

Thomas Sterner is professor of environmental economics at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and a university fellow at Resources for the Future. In 2009 he was be awarded the Myrdal prize for the best article in the Swedish journal Ekonomisk Debatt.