Pollution, Property and Prices: An Essay in Policy-making and Economics (New Horizons in Environmental Economics series) - Hardcover

Dales, J. H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840648422 ISBN 13: 9781840648423

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

In this classic book, originally published in 1968 by University of Toronto Press, John Dales proposed a new policy instrument for tackling pollution problems, namely 'markets in pollution rights'. Dales was one of the first economists to put forward such a solution, and in subsequent years a system of emissions trading has evolved which is now a centrepiece in international discussions of how to address the problem of global climate change.

Policymakers around the world are still exploring ways in which the marketable-rights approach may be used to increase the effectiveness of environmental regulation. From this perspective, readers will find this short and extremely readable book of great interest - as a return to the basic idea in its original form and a lucid justification for its continued use.

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J.H. Dales,

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840648422
• ISBN 13: 9781840648423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 136