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20-Dec-2010
This paper presents a number of meta-analyses of the value of a statistical life in stated preferences surveys, and is an input to a technical report and a user’s guide for policy makers on the use of VSL values in policy assessments that is being prepared.
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20-Dec-2010
This paper gives a technical description of meta-analyses that have been made of estimates of the value of a statistical life in stated preferences surveys.
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07-Dec-2010
Is the value of reducing environment-related health risks greater for children than for adults? A research project involving leading research teams has sought to answer this question through the implementation of surveys of parents in three OECD countries. A report summarizing the main results and policy implications is now available. For more information on the VERHI project see also www.oecd.org/env/social/envhealth/verhi.
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28-Sep-2010
On 11-12 October, the OECD Environment Directorate hosted a meeting of the governing body of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE). The meeting participants decided on the agenda of a global conference which marks the 20th anniversary of this partnership. Attendance at the meeting was by invitation only. For more information, please contact the INECE Secretariat (inece@inece.org).
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11-Jun-2010
This report analyses the current practices of ten OECD countries in the use of quantitative indicators characterising outcomes of activities to ensure compliance with environmental pollution prevention and control regulations. It provides recommendations to environmental enforcement authorities on how to better measure the effectiveness of their efforts, improve their strategic planning and allow policy makers and the public to see the actual impact of compliance assurance programmes.
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30-Apr-2010
This study of the impacts of the SOx charge and related policy instruments on technological innovation in Japan was prepared by Prof. Yu Matsuno of the School of Business Administration at the Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, in co-operation with Prof. Tadayoshi Terao of the Institute of Developing Economies, Prof. Yasushi Ito of the Faculty of Commerce and Economics at Chiba University of Commerce and Prof. Kazuhiro Ueta, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, as a contribution to the project on Taxation, Innovation and the Environment.
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15-Apr-2010
This study is part of the "Taxation, Innovation and the Environment" research programme of the OECD Joint Meeting of Tax and Environment Experts. It was prepared by Alain Schoenenberger and Alexander Mack of the Swiss consultancy Eco'Diagnostic.
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09-Mar-2010
This review of recent policy-relevant findings from the environmental health literature was prepared by Alistair Hunt and Julia Ferguson, University of Bath, UK. The focus of the paper is on environmentally related morbidity impacts – not on mortality impacts.
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19-Feb-2010
This paper was prepared by Lena Höglund Isaksson of International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, and Thomas Sterner of the Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Sweden, as an input to the project on Taxation, Innovation and the Environment of OECD’s Joint Meetings of Tax and Environment Experts.
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