Smart Regulation ' Designing Environmental Policy (OS-Ls)

Drawing from studies in North America, Europe and Australia, the authors show how combinations of policy instruments, tailored to particular environmental goals, will produce more effective and efficient policy outcomes. They also examine how, at a time of fiscal constraint, environmental policy might still be designed in ways that improve outcomes both for the environment and for business.

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Despite decades of policy experimentation, the ultimate goal of efficient and effective environmental regulation has continued to elude policy-makers and regulatory theorists. The less than satisfactory performance of both government and market approaches to environmental protection has led to the introduction of a broader range of policy mechanisms, such as education, information-based strategies, economic instruments and self-regulation. Yet these various policy instruments are usually treated as alternatives to one another rather than as complementary. Drawing from studies in North America, Europe and Australia, the authors show how the design of complementary combinations of policy instruments, tailored to particular environmental goals and circumstances, will produce more effective and efficient policy outcomes. They also confront the critical problem of how, at a time of fiscal constraint and small government, environmental policy might still be designed in ways that improve outcomes both for the environment and for business.

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Part 1: Practice and Potential in Environmental Regulation1. Introduction:- Regulation, deregulation and beyond; Building on what we've got; Towards a successful policy mix; The structure of this book; How we approached our task: assumptions, evaluation criteria and methodology2. Instruments for Environmental Protection:- Introduction; Varieties of Regulatory Instruments3. Parties, Roles and Interactions:- Third parties: public interest groups; Third parties: commercial; Governing at a distance; Instrument and institutional interactions; ConclusionPart 2: Redesigning Regulation: A Sector Specific Analysis4. The Chemical Industry:- Introduction; The chemical industry and its environmental impact; The regulatory environment and its shortcomings; Redesigning regulation: towards efficient and effective policy instruments; Towards a broader policy mix; Broader lessons; Conclusion;5. The Agriculture Industry:- The agriculture industry and its environmental impact; Characteristics of the agriculture industry; The regulatory environment and its shortcomings; Assessing instrument options: towards efficient and effective agricultural policy; Institutional influences: the role of third parties; Design considerations; Conclusions6. Designing Integrative Environmental Policy:- Introduction; Regulatory design processes; Regulatory design principles; Instrument Mixes; ConclusionIndex

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`This is an exhaustive, creative study of alternative regulatory strategies ... it contains a wealth of information ... it represents an important contribution to thinking about alternative regulatory strategies ... an impressive work of regulatory analysis.'David Vogel, Law and Politics Book Review |d 09/03/01