Keywords:
Environmental policy -- Evaluation -- Case studies.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This is the second in a pair of economic texts commissioned by the OECD in the field of environmental economics; The Pearce Report: Blueprint for a Green Economy puts the role which monetary evaluation of environmental costs and benefits can play firmly into the public eye. This book goes further and looks at six countries where such evaluation techniques are applied and at the obstacles to their further use. The case studies, written by leading experts in each nation, show how these methods are being taken up in the UK, Norway and Italy and the ways in which they are already extensively in use in the USA, Germany and the Netherlands. The authors also describe the obstacles to their use - the lack of knowledge of environmental economics at government level; the competition from other government priorities; and, the failure of environmental groups to grasp the importance of financial evaluation to their cause. But, as this book makes clear, significant advances are being made, both in the implementation of these economic techniques and, above all, in striking and yet further developments in economic thinking.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781134048465
Series Statement:
Environmental and Resource Economics Set Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1539224
DDC:
333.7
Language:
English
Note:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on the Contributors -- Tables -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- The Problem of Valuation -- Types of Values -- The Rationality of Valuation -- Valuation Techniques -- Using Benefits Estimation -- 2 Germany -- Introduction -- The Importance of Cost-benefit Analysis as a Tool for Decision Making on Environmental policy: an Overview -- Concrete Areas of Application with Environmental Policy Relevance -- Five Case Studies -- Obstacles to the Use of Cost-benefit Analysis -- Summary and Recommendations -- Appendix: Research Projects A-J -- References -- 3 Italy -- Introduction -- Public Expenditure and Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Environmental Sector: an Overview -- Cost-benefit Analysis in Italy: Theory and Practice -- Four Case Studies -- Difficulties and Problems Arising in the Application of the Estimation Procedures -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 4 The Netherlands -- Introduction and Background -- Practical Use of Benefit Assessments in the Netherlands -- Seven Case Studies -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 Norway -- Introduction -- A Review of Environmental Benefit Estimation Studies in Norway -- Analysis of Three Selected Case Studies -- Obstacles to Wider Use of Environmental Benefit Estimates and how to Overcome Them -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- 6 The United Kingdom -- Introduction: the Decision-Making Framework -- Six Case Studies -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 7 The United States -- Introduction -- Legislative and Executive Requirements for Benefit Analysis -- Overview of the EPA's Benefit Assessments -- Four Case Studies: EPA's Use of Benefits Estimates in Rule Making -- References -- Index.
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