This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the...

Die Welt steht vor der Herausforderung einer Transformation zu nachhaltigen Energiesystemen. Für verbesserte Energieeffizienz und die Umstellung auf erneuerbare Ener-gien müssen hohe Anfangsinvestitionen getätigt werden. Diese Investitionen beinhalten zugleich große Chancen, da im Zuge der...

This timely book focuses on the liberalization of agricultural policy and questions whether it is compatible with the goal of achieving economic and environmental sustainability in the European Union. It presents an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the sustainability and...

Economic Policy for the Environment and Natural Resources presents some of the most important recent work on the theory and application of environmental policy at both the national and international level. At the national level it focuses on instruments for pollution control. At the...

A pollution haven may arise if environmental stringency differs between countries, when capital is mobile, and when trade rules allow firms to relocate and still sell their products to the same customers. This cohesive volume analyzes how country characteristics determine environmental rules,...