Instrument choice in environmental policy: a comparative study of pollution taxes and tradable pollution rights in British Columbia, Germany, and the United States

Current theories of instrument choice in environmental policy suggest that policy makers choose policy instruments based on the distribution of costs and benefits in society. It is postulated that policy makers will select those policy instruments which confer concentrated benefits on interest group...

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Main Author: Seeliger, Robert
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2376