Economic Instruments for Environmental Protection
Can We Trust the “Magic Carpet
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6297815 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans Th A Bressers (University of Twente), Hans Bressers (0000-0001-5706-8039, University of Twente), Dave Huitema (0000-0002-0139-3913, CSTM) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-196 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192512199202004 |
| OpenAlex | W1999855295 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 19 |
Economic instruments appear at first to be a promising alternative to regulations as instruments of environmental policy. Because they put market forces to work for the goal of a sustainable society, they are often portrayed as achieving goals at much lower costs. In this sense, economic instruments appear as a type of “magic carpet” for the trip to sustainable development. The article presents a “pre-flight check” of the carpet’s viability, and finds several potential design problems. Economic instruments in practice often don’t comply with the underlying economic theory. Further, the dominating notion of cost-effectiveness is only one of many criteria which policy-makers must taken into account in the real world. It is not a question of “good science” vs. “bad politics,” but a recognition that politics has a rationality of its own. The lessons learned from analyses of policy-making and implementation deserve, therefore, equal attention with the presupposed behavioral reactions of key target groups. Issues to be taken into account include the interests of the actors involved, and the institutional contexts of both policy-making and policy-learning. Such factors are discussed by using them to shed light on observed deviations in instrument design
Business · Economics · MAGIC (telescope · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Rationality · Sustainable development · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Law · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
A gift programme for sustainable forest management? A Swiss perspective on public policies and property rights
Emissions trading and transaction costs
Aviation policy instrument choice in Europe
How policy instruments are chosen
Evaluation, assessment, and policy innovation
Instrument constituencies and the supply side of policy innovation
Governing the Commons
Theories of the Policy Process
Transaction Costs and Tradeable Permits
Essence of Decision
Policy change and learning
Governing the Commons
Concepts of Rationality and the Policy Process
Economic Prescriptions for Environmental Problems
Policy networks in dutch water policy
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Incentives and Directives
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2022 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |