TY - BOOK AU - Stavins,R.N. TI - Environmental economics and public policy: selected papers of Robert N. Stavins, 1988-1999 T2 - New horizons in environmental economics SN - 1840643331 AV - HC110.E5 S695 2000 PY - 2000///] CY - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA PB - E. Elgar Pub. KW - Environmental policy KW - Economic aspects KW - United States KW - Environmental law KW - Compliance costs KW - Environmental economics KW - Economic policy KW - Environmental aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Acknowledgements ; Pt. I Overview of Environmental Economics and Policy ; 1 Introduction: A Two-Way Street between Environmental Economics and Public Policy 3; 2 How Economists See the Environment 24; 3 Environmental Protection: The Changing Nature of National Governance 26; Pt. II Benefits and Costs of Environmental Regulation ; 4 Is There a Role of Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation? 41; 5 Environmental Regulation and the Competitiveness of U.S. Manufacturing: What Does the Evidence Tell Us? 45; 6 Regulatory Review of Environmental Policy: The Potential Role of Health-Health Analysis 77; Pt. III Environmental Policy Instruments: Normative Analysis ; 7 Clean Profits: Using Economic Incentives to Protect the Environment 91; 8 Economic Incentives for Environmental Protection: Integrating Theory and Practice 104; 9 Transaction Costs and Tradeable Permits 109; 10 Dynamic Incentives of Environmental Regulations: The Effects of Alternative Policy Instruments on Technology Diffusion 125; 11 Correlated Uncertainty and Policy Instrument Choice 146; Pt. IV Environmental Policy Instruments: Positive Analysis ; 12 Incentive-Based Environmental Regulation: A New Era From an Old Idea? 163; 13 The Choice of Regulatory Instruments in Environmental Policy 205; 14 What Can We Learn From the Grand Policy Experiment? Lessons from SO[subscript 2] Allowance Trading 260; Pt. V Environmental Technology Innovation and Diffusion ; 15 The Energy Paradox and the Diffusion of Conservation Technology 283; 16 The Energy-Efficiency Gap: What Does It Mean? 315; 17 The Induced Innovation Hypothesis and Energy-Saving Technological Change 322; Pt. VI Causes and Consequences of Land-Use Changes ; 18 Unintended Impacts of Public Investments on Private Decisions: The Depletion of Forested Wetlands 359; 19 Alternative Renewable Resource Strategies: A Simulation of Optimal Use 375; 20 The Costs of Carbon Sequestration: A Revealed-Preference Approach 392; Pt. VII Global Climate Policy ; 21 Policy Instruments for Climate Change: How Can National Governments Address a Global Problem? 411; 22 What Has the Kyoto Protocol Wrought? The Real Architecture of International Tradable Permit Markets 448; 23 Energy-Efficient Technologies and Climate Change Policies: Issues and Evidence 484; Name index 499; Subject index 505 ER -