On the Assesment of Environmental Voluntary Agreements in Europe

摘要: The aim of this study is to gain insight on the factors leading success or failure environmental voluntary agreements. To do we relied a comparative case covering twelve agreements from six different European countries. First, general evaluation framework for assessing performance presented. This takes into account three dimensions: application, impact and resource development. Second, focus explaining level performance. Four external preconditions were identified: policy style, readiness use severe alternative instruments in non-compliance with agreement, potential sector negotiate act as one collective actor market triggered by implementation agreement. Next these related institutional-economic context wherein negotiated agreement used, specification an considered be internal factor influencing shows that taken individually each not such necessary condition Rather it combination ultimately decisive