Impacts of environmental policy instruments on technological change

This report surveys the empirical (economic) literature, asking whether there indeed is any evidence of different effects on the rate and direction of technological change associated with different environmental policy instruments.

Policy Brief: The Political Economy of Environmentally Related Taxes

Preserving the environment is high on the agenda for both governments and society. Governments in OECD countries are using a variety of instruments to change environmentally harmful behaviour, and taxes have proved a useful string to their bow. Using taxes to achieve an environmental objective, such as reducing emissions of a particular pollutant, is efficient from an economic point of view and offers flexibility to adapt for those

Renewable Energy and Environmental Taxes

The high price of some new non-polluting energy technologies makes it hard for them to compete with traditional energy sources. To curb industrial pollution, many OECD countries have intrduced poollution taxes.

The Political Economy of Environmentally Related Taxes

This book provides a comprehensive discussion of these issues and of recent research on the environmental and economic impacts of applying environmentally related taxes.

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Policy Brief: The Social Dimension of Environmental Policy

Is it true that environmental policies hit the pockets of poorer households harder than those of wealthier ones? And that the poor receive less of the benefit of such policies as they are more likely to live closer to industry or hazardous waste treatment plants and further from parks or the countryside? This is a widespread perception, and in many cases one that is supported by the available evidence. Concern about the social

Recommendation of the Council on Good Practices for Public Environmental Expenditure Management [C(2006)84]

Recommends that Member countries take effective measures to ensure that public environmental expenditure programmes are environmentally effective, economically efficient and managed in accordance with sound principles of public expenditure management.

Policy Brief : Advancing Sustainable Development

What is sustainable development and why is it important? Most people support the idea of sustainable development, but without fully understanding what it is. Most would agree that it implies a better balance between economic, environmental and social goals, and greater fairness in distributing the gains from growth among people and countries. It also concerns preserving the environment and natural resources as a basis for progress.

The valuation of environmental health risks to children: methodological and policy issues

The report proposes an in-depth analysis of the main methodological difficulties associated with estimating the social value of a reduction in risk to children. It also underlines key policy implications and inputs for further research.

EPR Policies and Product Design: Economic Theory and Selected Case Studies

This document discusses the Design for Environment impacts of Extended Producer Responsibility policies.

Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment: Recent Developments

An in-depth assessment of the most recent conceptual and methodological developments in cost-benefit analysis and the environment.

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• Executive summary of Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment: Recent Developments