This paper considers the welfare and policy implications of a merger between environment fi rms (i.e., firms managing environmental resources or supplying pollution abatement goods and services). The traditional analysis of mergers in Cournot oligopolies is extended in two ways. First, we show...

The issue of transportation is of primary importance in our societies. A large share of greenhouse gases is generated by the transport sector, and road casualties are one among the most common causes of death. In the present work, we study commuter choice between alternative transport modes...

This paper considers New Zealand’s current sustainable development policy in light of international approaches to sustainability which focus on maintaining stocks of natural, physical, institutional and human capital. We find that New Zealand’s environmental priorities are not well targeted...

This article uses feminist institutionalism to examine how gender mainstreaming has been sidelined in European Union (EU) climate change policy. It finds that, with a few exceptions largely emanating from the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, EU responses to...

Por que deve haver mudanças no Código Florestal? Essa pergunta esta na cabeça de muitos brasileiros que acompanham, basicamente pela mídia, os calorosos debates sobre alterações no marco legal que regulamenta o uso da terra no país. Em meio a tantas informações e opiniões...

Correlating private and social interests represents a continuous challenge for environmental policy. Traditional implementation tools proved to be not enough for accomplishing the objectives required by the protection of natural systems. Therefore, they were complemented by a number of actions...

The last ten years have seen an upsurge in interest in the nexus of trade and environmental policies. This reflects in part the need to deal with major global pollution problems, and in part concerns that globalisation may have adverse impacts on the environment. In this paper I concentrate...