An introduction to the law and economics of environmental policy : issues in institutional design / edited by Timothy Swanson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swanson, Timothy M.

Series:

Research in law and economics ; v. 20.

Research in law and economics, 0193-5895 ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Institutional economics.

Environmental policy--Economic aspects.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (553 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : JAI, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An Introduction to the Law and Economics of Environmental Policy emphasises the importance of institutional design in addressing social problems. Three important issues concerning institutional design are: policies, instruments, and enforcement. This volume surveys each of the issues, and emphasises the common themes arising in optimal institutional design. These themes include the cost of complex institutional design, and the role of private institutions attaining social objects. This book will be particularly useful to law schools, departments of government, policy or economics, environmental managers and insurance companies.

Contents:

Preface / Richard O. Zerbe

An introduction to the law and economics of environmental policy : issues in institutional design / Timothy Swanson

Comments on paper by Richard B. Stewart / Richard O. Zerbe

Can law and economics stand the purchase of moral satisfaction? / Richard O. Zerbe

Comments on paper by Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. / Andreas Kontoleon

Individual preference-based values and environmental decision making : should valuation have its day in court? / Andreas Kontoleon, Richard Macrory, Timothy Swanson

Comment on paper by Andreas Kontoleon, Richard Macrory and Timothy Swanson / Richard B. Stewart

Toward a total-cost approach to environmental instrument choice / Daniel H. Cole, Peter Z. Grossman

Comments on paper by Daniel H. Cole and Peter Z. Grossman / Anthony Ogus

The choice of instruments for environmental policy : liability or regulation? / Marcel Boyer, Donatella Porrini

Comments on paper by Marcel Boyer and Donatella Porrini / Michael Faure

The Aarhus convention and the politics of process : the political economy of procedural environmental rights / Susan Rose-Ackerman, Achim A. Halpaap

Environmental damage insurance in theory and practice / Michael Faure

Comments on paper by Michael Faure / James Boyd

The design of marketable permit schemes to control local and regional pollutants / Jonathan Remy Nash, Richard L. Revesz

Comments on paper by Jonathon Remy Nash and Richard L. Revesz / Daniel H. Cole

Monitoring for latent liabilities : when is it necessary and who should do it? / Timothy Swanson, Robin Mason

Comments on paper by Timothy Swanson and Robin Mason / Anthony Heyes

Financial responsibility for environmental obligations : are bonding and assurance rules fulfilling their promise? / James Boyd

Comments on paper by James Boyd / Donatella Porrini

Pollution and penalties / Anthony Ogus, Carolyn Abbot

Comment on paper by Anthony Ogus and Carolyn Abbot / Richard L. Revesz

Eight things about enforcement that seem obvious but may not be / Anthony G. Heyes

Comment on paper by Anthony G. Heyes / Timothy Swanson

Comments on paper by Susan Rose-Ackerman and Achim A. Halpaap / Farhana Yamin

Environmental regulatory decision making under uncertainty / Richard B. Stewart.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Print version record

ISBN:

1-281-02667-0

9786611026677

0-08-054531-9

OCLC:

437182621