The Handbook of Environmental Voluntary Agreements Design, Implementation and Evaluation Issues

EDOARDOCROCI IEFE - Università Bocconi, Milano, Italy Voluntary approaches in environmental policy represent a “third wave” of regulation in the environmental field. “Command and control” was the first wave. Its core is based on uniform emission standards, the respect of which needs to be enforced t...

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Other Authors: Croci, Edoardo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2005, 2005
Edition:1st ed. 2005
Series:Environment & Policy
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Voluntary Agreements in Environmental Policy
  • The Economics of Environmental Voluntary Agreements
  • Corporate Self-Regulation and Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue
  • The Poltical Economy of Voluntary Agreements
  • Voluntary Agreements in a Rent-Seeking Environment
  • Aspects of the Political Economy of Environmental Voluntary Agreements
  • The European and the American Approach to Environmental Voluntary Agreements
  • The Evolution of Environmental Agreements at the Level of the European Union
  • The Use of Voluntary Approaches for Environmental Policymaking in the U.S.
  • Negotiated Regulation, Implementation and Compliance in the United States
  • Design, Negotiation and Implementation of Environmental Voluntary Agreements: National and Sector Approaches
  • Efficiency Standards versus Negotiated Agreements in the European Electrical Appliance Sector
  • Implementing the Duty of Acceptance in Flemish Waste Policy
  • Environmental Voluntary Agreements in Portugal
  • Designing Energy Conservation Voluntary Agreements for the Industrial Sector in China: Experience from a Pilot Project with Two Steel Mills in Shandong Province
  • Evaluation of Environmental Voluntary Agreements
  • On the Assesment of Environmental Voluntary Agreements in Europe
  • Environmental Voluntary Agreements in the Dutch Context
  • Analysing the Effectiveness of an Environmental Voluntary Agreement: The Case of the Australian National Packaging Covenant
  • Towards an Integrated Performance Indicator for (Energy) Benchmarking Covenants with Industry
  • Environmental Voluntary Agreements in Policy Mixes
  • Environmental Agreements Used in Combination with Other Policy Instruments
  • Using the Benchmarking Covenant for Allocating Emission Allowances: Are We Still Moving Ahead?