Dietz / Straaten / Ploeg Environmental Policy and the Economy

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9118-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 206, 346 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Contributions to Economic Analysis

This volume focuses on issues of vital interest in environmental policy making. Knowledge is needed about the impacts of economic processes on the environment and vice versa; people's preferences regarding the environmental quality (including the availability of (non)renewable natural resources) must be known; and knowledge concerning the effectiveness and efficiency of the available policy instruments is essential. These issues are dealt with in various contributions on environmental-economic modelling, valuation of the environment, the design of environmental policies and the economic consequences of environmental policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dietz, F. J.

Straaten, J. van der

Ploeg, F. van der

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Environmental Policy and the Economy;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;14
5;Preface;8
6;List of Contributors;10
7;Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and the Economy: An Introduction;16
7.1;1 Increasing Concern for Environmental Quality;16
7.2;2 Outline of the Volume;18
7.3;3 Issues for Further Research;29
7.4;References;31
8;PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL-ECONOMIC MODELLING;32
8.1;CHAPTER 2. THREE DECADES OF ENVIRONMENTAL-ECONOMICMODELLING: ECONOMIC MODELS OF POLLUTANT EMISSIONS;34
8.1.1;1 Introduction;34
8.1.2;2 Economy-Environment: A Systems Description 1;36
8.1.3;3 Economy-Emissions Models Based onInput-Output Analysis;38
8.1.4;4 Economy-Emissions Models Based on Materials Balances;44
8.1.5;5 Economy-Emissions Models Based on KLEM Production Functions;46
8.1.6;6 Integrative Economy-Emissions Models 2;47
8.1.7;7 Conclusions;56
8.2;CHAPTER 3. OPTIMAL GROWTH WITH STOCK POLLUTION;62
8.2.1;1 Introduction;62
8.2.2;2 The Model;64
8.2.3;3 The Existence and Uniqueness of the Steady State;66
8.2.4;4 Dynamic Properties of the Steady State;69
8.2.5;5 Summary and Conclusions;71
8.2.6;References;74
8.3;CHAPTER 4. AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF PLANET EARTH;76
8.3.1;1 Introduction;76
8.3.2;2 The Model 1;77
8.3.3;3 Brundtland Sustainability;82
8.3.4;4 Conclusions;84
8.3.5;References;88
9;PART II: VALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;90
9.1;CHAPTER 5. PREFERENCE LEARNING AND CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODS;92
9.1.1;1 Introduction;92
9.1.2;2 Preference Learning;94
9.1.3;3 Experimental Design and Procedures;98
9.1.4;4 Experimental Results;101
9.1.5;5 Summary and Conclusions;104
9.1.6;References;106
9.2;CHAPTER 6. THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF WILDERNESS AREAS: AN APPLICATION TO THE KRUTILLA-FISHER MODEL TO SCOTLAND'S 'FLOW COUNTRY;110
9.2.1;1 Introduction;110
9.2.2;2 The Krutilla-Fisher Model;111
9.2.3;3 The Ecology of the Flow Country and the Problems of Afforestation;113
9.2.4;4 The Institutional Setting;118
9.2.5;5 The Contingent Valuation Survey;120
9.2.6;6 Applying the Krutilla-Fisher Model;127
9.2.7;7 Conclusions;129
9.2.8;References;130
9.3;CHAPTER 7. ECOLOGICAL PERCEPTION AND DISTRIBUTIONAL CONFLICTS : A HISTORICAL VIEW;132
9.3.1;1 Some Limits of Ecological Rationality;132
9.3.2;2 Energy and the Economy: A Historical View;134
9.3.3;3 Raubwirtschaft, a Concept of Ecological Geography;138
9.3.4;4 Incommensurable Externalities;139
9.3.5;5 Ecological Economics and Marxism: A Post Mortem?;142
9.3.6;6 Positional Goods and Fordism in the Periphery;147
9.3.7;7 A Political Conclusion;149
9.3.8;References;150
10;PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;154
10.1;CHAPTER 8. POLITICAL ECONOMY ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS;156
10.1.1;1 Introduction;156
10.1.2;2 Environmental Policy as Economic Policy;157
10.1.3;3 The Playground Environmental Policy;159
10.1.4;4 Rent Seeking in the Framework of Environmental Policy;160
10.1.5;5 Conclusions;164
10.1.6;References;164
10.2;CHAPTER 9. LEGAL ASPECTS OF MARKETABLE POLLUTION PERMITS;166
10.2.1;1 Introduction;166
10.2.2;2 Objectives of this Paper;168
10.2.3;3 The Concept of a Permit Market;169
10.2.4;4 Juridical Principles for Regulation;170
10.2.5;5 Some Important Legal Aspects with Regard to the Design of a Permit Market;171
10.2.6;6 Provisions to Make the Market Work;177
10.2.7;7 Conclusions;178
10.2.8;References;179
10.3;CHAPTER 10. THE FIRM AS AN ACTOR IN AN ECOLOGICAL ECONOMY;182
10.3.1;1 Introduction;182
10.3.2;2 The Firm as a Maximising Machine in a Closed System: The Neoclassical View;183
10.3.3;3 The Firm as an Organisation in an Ecological Economy: An Evolutionary Approach;189
10.3.4;4 The Firm as an Element of Evolutionary Internalisation;198
10.3.5;5 Conclusions;208
10.3.6;References;208
11;PART IV: ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;210
11.1;CHAPTER 11. CARBON TAXES AND THE UK MANUFACTURING SECTOR;212
11.1.1;1 Introduction;212
11.1.2;2 Background Literature;214
11.1.3;3 The Model;216
11.1.4;4 Description of Simulations;224
11.1.5;5 Conclusions;248
11.1.6;References;253
11.2;CHAPTER 12. CONSEQUENCES OF AMMONIA EMISSION ABATEMENT POLICIES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE IN THE NETHERLANDS;256
11.2.1;1 Introduction;256
11.2.2;2 Nitrogen Flows and Policy Proposals;259
11.2.3;3 The Economic Model;269
11.2.4;4 Simulation Results;285
11.2.5;5 Final Remarks and Conclusions;293
11.2.6;References;293
11.3;CHAPTER 13. INNOVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: THE CASE OF EC AND US AGRICULTURE;296
11.3.1;1 Introduction;296
11.3.2;2 The Model;298
11.3.3;3 Parameter Values and Data Sources;303
11.3.4;4 Effects of Technical Change;305
11.3.5;5 Conclusions;311
11.3.6;References;312
11.4;CHAPTER 14. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSINGLE-PRODUCT AND JOINT PRODUCTION INPUT-OUTPUT MODELS;314
11.4.1;1 Introduction;314
11.4.2;2 Leontief's Extended System;315
11.4.3;3 A New System;323
11.4.4;4 The Commodity-By-Industry Accounts;330
11.4.5;5 A New Commodity-By-Industry System;337
11.4.6;6 Summary;340
12;INDEX;344