Environmental Economics and Environmental Policy Instruments: Introduction and Overview

摘要: Once the decision to promote environmental quality and sustainable resource use was made, policy-makers began looking for tools or instruments with which achieve their objectives. This process has gone on, albeit in piecemeal fashion, since at least late 60s. In new phase of policy that came about as a result report World Commission Environment Development, Our Common Future (WCED, 1987), an increased emphasis been put on application so-called economic instruments. They represent potentially effective well efficient incentives agents modify behavioural patterns environmentally friendlier directions. fact, title this section is direct quote from WCED report, it may be appropriate demarcate position book within economics even wider setting environmentalism by sketching contours WCED’s analysis.