Public Choice And Environmental Regulation

Author : Charles Rowley,Friedrich Schneider
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780387758701

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Readings in Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy by Charles Rowley,Friedrich Schneider Pdf

Public choice is the study of behavior at the intersection of economics and political science. Since the pioneering work of Duncan Black in the 1940s, public choice has developed a rich literature, drawing from such related perspectives as history, philosophy, law, and sociology, to analyze political decision making (by citizen-voters, elected officials, bureaucratic administrators, lobbyists, and other "rational" actors) in social and economic context, with an emphasis on identifying differences between individual goals and collective outcomes. Constitutional political economy provides important insights into the relationship between effective constitutions and the behavior of ordinary political markets. In Readings in Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy, Charles Rowley and Friedrich Schneider have assembled an international array of leading authors to present a comprehensive and accessible overview of the field and its applications. Covering a wide array of topics, including regulation and antitrust, taxation, trade liberalization, political corruption, interest group behavior, dictatorship, and environmental issues, and featuring biographies of the founding fathers of the field, this volume will be essential reading for scholars and students, policymakers, economists, sociologists, and non-specialist readers interested in the dynamics of political economy.

Author : Daniel A. Farber,Anne Joseph O'Connell
Publisher : Edward Elgar Pub
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 1847206743

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Research Handbook on Public Choice and Public Law by Daniel A. Farber,Anne Joseph O'Connell Pdf

'. . . this volume offers valuable insights into theories of public choice and their application to public law. . . one of the benefits that the Handbook offers environmental lawyers is the opportunity to engage in an interdisciplinary scholarly exchange: to challenge and confirm claims about environmental law and environmental regulatory processes as set out in public choice theory.' - Sanja Bogojevi?, Climate Law

Author : Richard L. Revesz,Robert N. Stavins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Environmental law
ISBN : PSU:000062621861

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Environmental Law and Policy by Richard L. Revesz,Robert N. Stavins Pdf

This chapter for the Handbook of Law and Economics provides an economic perspective of environmental law and policy. We examine the ends of environmental policy, that is, the setting of goals and targets, beginning with normative issues, notably the Kaldor-Hicks criterion and the related method of assessment known as benefit-cost analysis. We examine this analytical method in detail, including its theoretical foundations and empirical methods of estimation of compliance costs and environmental benefits. We review critiques of benefit-cost analysis, and examine alternative approaches to analyzing the goals of environmental policies. We examine the means of environmental policy, that is, the choice of specific policy instruments, beginning with an examination of potential criteria for assessing alternative instruments, with particular focus on cost-effectiveness. The theoretical foundations and experiential highlights of individual instruments are reviewed, including conventional, command-and-control mechanisms, market-based instruments, and liability rules. Three cross-cutting issues receive attention: uncertainty; technological change; and distributional considerations. We identify normative lessons in regard to design, implementation, and the identification of new applications, and we examine positive issues: the historical dominance of command-and-control; the prevalence in new proposals of tradeable permits allocated without charge; and the relatively recent increase in attention given to market-based instruments. We also examine the question of how environmental responsibility is and should be allocated among the various levels of government. We provide a positive review of the responsibilities of Federal, state, and local levels of government in the environmental realm, plus a normative assessment of this allocation of regulatory responsibility. We focus on three arguments that have been made for Federal environmental regulation: competition among political jurisdictions and the race to the bottom; transboundary environmental problems; and public choice and systematic bias.

Author : Clifford S. Russell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135996949

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Collective Decision Making by Clifford S. Russell Pdf

First Published in 2011.This is Volume 11 of fourteen in the library collection of Policy and Government and looks at the applications from public choice theory on decision making. It brings together proceedings that look seek to answer the question for the forum, which was whether public choice theory offers promise of providing a firmer foundation for applied institutional research and for institutional innovations which could contribute to the solution of some of these problems.

Author : Bouwe R. Dijkstra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024331287

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The Political Economy of Environmental Policy by Bouwe R. Dijkstra Pdf

This work asks why market instruments have not been used to their full potential in environmental policy. It uses a public choice perspective to analyse the political economy of environmental policy, emphasising the role of interest groups which have blocked the introduction of market instruments.

Author : Mark Pennington
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0485004062

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Planning and the Political Market by Mark Pennington Pdf

Planning and the Political Market argues that the enthusiasm for planning as an essential component of environmental protection is misplaced. Drawing on the experience of Britain and other Western democracies, the author uses public choice theory to explore the practical experience of land use planning as an example of government failure. The book opens by outlining the institutional focus of public choice theory, examining the central questions of market and government failure and the theoretical case for government intervention in the environment. Having explored the principal impacts of planning the book goes on to analyse the institutional structures which have produced these policy outcomes. The analysis suggests that institutional incentives within the 'political market' have frequently led to policies which favour special interest groups and public sector bureaucracy. The book concludes with an assessment of the potential for a private property rights, free market alternative to increase community involvement and access.

Author : Robert N. Stavins
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119455785

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The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation by Robert N. Stavins Pdf

This new authoritative collection comprises previously published papers on the political economy of environmental regulation: economic analyses of the processes through which political decisions regarding environmental regulation are made, principally in the institutional context found in the United States. Despite this geographic focus, many of the papers contain analytical models that are methodologically of interest and/or have lessons that are relevant in other parts of the world. In the environmental realm, questions of political economy emerge along three fundamental dimensions, which are closely interrelated but conceptually distinct: (1) the degrees of government activity; (2) the form of government activity; and (3) the level of government that has responsibility. The first three parts of the book deal respectively with these three fundamental dimensions of inquiry. The fourth part of the book examines the use of economic analysis in contemporary environmental policy. The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation will be of significant interest to environmental scholars, students and policy makers alike. 22 articles, dating from 1975 to 2003

Author : Alfred Allan Schmid
Publisher : A. Allan Schmid
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0275927970

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Property, Power, and Public Choice by Alfred Allan Schmid Pdf

Author : Richard L. Revesz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1427199591

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Federalism and Environmental Regulation: A Public Choice Analysis by Richard L. Revesz Pdf

Author : Thomas Roediger-Schluga
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 178195786X

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The Porter Hypothesis and the Economic Consequences of Environmental Regulation by Thomas Roediger-Schluga Pdf

Combining the public choice literature on political decision making with the Neo-Schumpeterian literature on innovation, this valuable new book develops a conceptual model of how environmental regulation is designed. The author presents a novel perspective on the Porter Hypothesis, arguing that the effect of environmental regulation is too weak to induce technological change. This implies that environmental policy intervention has little, if any, economic consequences which has significant repercussions for environmental decision-making. Since radical technological advance is unpredictable, this implies that environmental regulation induces, at the very most, incremental improvements of existing designs. Moreover, due to the high political costs of disrupting existing industry structures, regulation objectives are often adjusted or the compliance costs reduced through subsidies. Due to this limited inducement effect, the author finds that environmental regulation does not produce outcomes consistent with the Porter Hypothesis, nor does it have any palpable negative economic impact. Using detailed case-study evidence, each step of his argument is skilfully illustrated. The book conc.

Author : Robert Allen Seward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : IND:30000103812818

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Environmental Planning with Public Choice by Robert Allen Seward Pdf

Author : Gert Tinggaard Svendsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Carbon taxes
ISBN : 8789695232

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Public Choice and Environmental Regulation by Gert Tinggaard Svendsen Pdf

Author : Dirk-Jan Kraan,R. J. in 't Veld
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 079231333X

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Environmental Protection: Public or Private Choice by Dirk-Jan Kraan,R. J. in 't Veld Pdf

1. Environmental policy making: an introduction.- A. Decision-Making.- 2. A spatial theoretic approach to environmental politics.- 3. Green legislative politics.- 4. Regulation or taxation.- 5. Decision making about the environment; the role of information.- B. Case-Studies.- 6. Transport policies and the environment: regulation and taxation.- 7. Road pricing: a logical failure.- 8. Dutch manure policy: the lack of economic instruments.- 9. Dutch manure policy: the role of information.- C. Institutions.- 10. The role of property rights in environmental protection.- 11. The ecological social contract.- 12. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all.- About the authors.- Author index.

Author : William J. Baumol,Wallace E. Oates
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1988-02-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521311128

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The Theory of Environmental Policy by William J. Baumol,Wallace E. Oates Pdf

An analysis of the economic theory of environmental policy and the factors influencing the quality of life. Recent research in environmental economics is incorporated as well as economic incentives for pollution control.

Author : Randall G. Holcombe
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781785362057

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Advanced Introduction to Public Choice by Randall G. Holcombe Pdf

Using public choice economic methods, this Advanced Introduction presents a focused narrative about political decision-making based on the work that has defined the discipline. Each chapter ends with a Notes section to discuss the research on which the chapter is based, with an emphasis on the pioneering work that has shaped the development of public choice. Randall G. Holcombe emphasizes the theoretical foundations of public choice, with the idea that it offers a context within which empirical research can be understood. This book successfully explores the political decision-making process for readers and ensures that they understand how preferences of citizens are aggregated to produce public policies.