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Environmental taxation in China and Asia-Pacific : achieving environmental sustainability through fiscal policy
Kreiser, Lawrence A. (contributor) - 2011
Environmental Taxation in China and Asia-Pacific contains an integrated set of detailed chapters providing insights and analysis on how fiscal policy can be used to achieve environmental sustainability. Highly topical chapters include energy tax policy in China, environmental fiscal reform,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850794
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Valuing complex natural resource systems : the case of the Lagoon of Venice
Alberini, Anna (contributor);  … - 2006
In complex natural resource systems, modifications or disruptions tend to affect many and diverse components of the ecological system, settlements and groups of people. This book uses the Lagoon of Venice-- a unique natural resource, wildlife habitat, centre of cultural heritage and recreational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851947
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Globalization and the environment : risk assessment and the WTO
Kellow, Aynsley John (contributor);  … - 2001
One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851983
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The economics of pollution havens
Fullerton, Don (ed.) - 2006
A pollution haven may arise if environmental stringency differs between countries, when capital is mobile, and when …, how those flows affect pollution, prices, and incomes, and finally how all of these last considerations feed back into … pollution policies, how local environmental rules respond to those location decisions, and how trade liberalization affects the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474011
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International handbook on economic regulation
Parker, David (contributor); Crew, Michael A. (contributor) - 2006
Michael Crew and David Parker have compiled a comprehensive, up-to-date and detailed analytical work on leading research issues in the economics of regulation. With contributions from international specialists in economic regulation, the Handbook provides a comprehensive discussion of major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851346
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Climate change, transport, and environmental policy : empirical applications in a federal system
Proost, S. (ed.); Braden, John B. (ed.) - 1998
pollution at three levels - federal government, local government and industries and firms. Concentrating on greenhouse gas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473914
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Innovation in environmental policy : economic and legal aspects of recent developments in environmental enforcement and liability
Tietenberg, Thomas H. (ed.) - 1992
This important new book is an indispensable guide to the development and implementation of environmental policy. It presents authoritative analyses and state-of-the-art summaries which will be essential both to scholars and practitioners trying to keep abreast of the most recent developments in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473908
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Economic valuation of river systems
Hitzhusen, Fredrick J. (contributor) - 2007
1. The role of biology and ecological engineering in watershed and river restoration -- 2. Codification, case studies, and methods for economic analysis of river systems -- 3. Estimating willingness to pay for additional protection of Ohio surface waters : contingent valuation of water quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420037
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Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values
Rolfe, John (ed.); Bennett, Jeff (ed.) - 2006
Benefit transfer is the practice of estimating economic values at a target site by utilising the results of existing studies for different sites. It is commonly used to estimate values for changes in environmental conditions where time and cost factors constrain the direct application of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474028
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Environmental taxation and climate change : achieving environmental sustainability through fiscal policy
Kreiser, Lawrence A. (contributor) - 2011
Containing an authoritative set of original essays, Environmental Taxation and Climate Change provides fresh insights and analysis on how environmental sustainability can be achieved through fiscal policy. Written by distinguished environmental taxation scholars from around the world, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851949