A környezetvédelmi problémák előtérbe kerülése után számosan vetették fel, hogy a közgazdaságtan nem foglalkozik a gazdaság optimális méretének meghatározásával, pedig a Föld véges anyagi keretei között a gazdaság nagyságát nem lehet minden határon túl növelni. Az...

Dividing the burden for greenhouse gas abatement amongst the provinces has proven challenging in Canada, and is a major factor contributing to Canada's poor historic performance on greenhouse gas abatement. As the country aims to achieve substantial cuts to emissions over the next decade and by...

Hay un debate importante sobre diferentes nociones de Crecimiento Verde. Particularmente los diálogos producidos en la cumbre Rio +20, las propuestas de la OECD, el Banco Mundial y SELA. Paralelamente sigue la discusión de la pertinencia o no de la vigencia de la definición de desarrollo...

We consider the effect of an increase in the risk from pollution. We show that in the case of a flow pollution, when the number of players is sufficiently large, the result of Bramoulle and Treich [<italic>Journal of the European Economic Association</italic>, 2009], showing that a marginal increase of risk in...

The materials-balance principle points to the crucial role of material inputs in generating residuals in production processes. Pollution modelling must be of a multi-output nature. The most flexible transformation function in outputs and inputs used in textbooks is too general to make sense in...

This article develops a framework for environmental policy analysis based on an encompassing assessment of transaction costs. This approach emphasizes the <italic>ex ante</italic> costs of establishing environmental entitlements, and the <italic>ex post</italic> costs of administrating, monitoring, and enforcing them. The...

This paper highlights the relationships between environmental policy and the structure of the environmental goods and services industry. It first provides a short history of the latter sector and briefly describes its main segments and economic trends. The impact of particular policy...

Voluntary agreements (VAs) have been widely used in environmental policymaking over the past 20 years. This paper reviews relevant theoretical and empirical literature on VAs, assessing their performance in terms of effectiveness and efficiency. Effectiveness is evaluated on three criteria: (i)...

el sector eléctrico boliviano está en una situación crítica; prueba de ello son las dificultades observadas para satisfacer la demanda de energía eléctrica y los crecientes racionamientos energéticos que se están generando. el bajo precio por la energía generada desestimula las...

The study forms a relationship between the perceived stringency of environmental policy and the location decision of firms. We use data from 3,785 firms operating in 7 OECD countries to show that strict environmental regulation in the OECD may not necessarily discourage foreign firms. Rather,...