Choosing Environmental Policy: Comparing Instruments and Outcomes in the United States and Europe

by Winston Harrington

Book Overview

The two distinct approaches to environmental policy include direct regulation-sometimes called 'command and control' policies-and regulation by economic, or market-based incentives. This book is the first to compare the costs and outcomes of these approaches by examining realworld applications. In a unique format, paired case studies from the United States and Europe contrast direct regulation on one side of the Atlantic with an incentivebased policy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891853880
• ISBN13: 9781891853883
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"