Specification Required? A Survey of Scientists’ Views About the Role of Behavioral Economics for Assessing Environmental Policy Instruments

China’s environmental problems have long been criticized. The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the government have increasingly paid attention to developing environmental protection and included the construction of an ecological civilization in the “Five-in-One” development strategy. The improvement of regional eco-efficiency is an important way to realize the coordinated development of the entire society, and environmental policy instruments are a powerful means to enhance regional eco-efficiency. This paper categorizes environmental policy instruments into mandatory, hybrid, and voluntary types. Based on panel data from 31 provinces in China from 2005 to 2015, the paper discusses the impact of environmental policy instruments on regional eco-efficiency and the means of the impact. The research shows that (1) mandatory and hybrid environmental policy instruments play a significant role in promoting regional eco-efficiency, while the role of voluntary instruments is not significant in promoting regional eco-efficiency; (2) hybrid and mandatory environmental policy instruments have negative interactions; and (3) the level of economic development will positively affect the role of hybrid environmental policy instruments in promoting regional eco-efficiency but negatively affect the role of mandatory instruments in promoting regional efficiency.

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Technology Spillover and Environmental Policy Instruments: Price Control versus Quantity Control

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2822784 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sung Wan Hong

Keyword(s):

Environmental Policy ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

Price Control ◽

Technology Spillover ◽

Environmental Policy Instruments ◽

Control Versus ◽

Quantity Control

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Applying environmental policy instruments to used oil

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management ◽

10.1080/09640560902868181 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 52 (4) ◽

pp. 457-475

Author(s):

W. David Conn

Keyword(s):

Environmental Policy ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

Environmental Policy Instruments ◽

Used Oil

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Environmental policy instruments and their effects on innovation

European Planning Studies ◽

10.1080/09654319708720392 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 177-194 ◽

Cited By ~ 55

Author(s):

Jens Hemmelskamp

Keyword(s):

Environmental Policy ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

Environmental Policy Instruments

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Solving Environmental Problems Together? The Roles of Value Orientations and Trust in the State in Environmental Policy Support among Swedish Undergraduate Students

Education Sciences ◽

10.3390/educsci8030124 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 124 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Niklas Harring ◽

Tomas Torbjörnsson ◽

Cecilia Lundholm

Keyword(s):

Environmental Policy ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

The State ◽

Value Orientations ◽

Policy Support ◽

Left Wing ◽

Environmental Intervention ◽

Environmental Policy Instruments ◽

Personal Norms

This paper explores whether value orientation (VO) and trust in the state (TIS) are linked to support for environmental intervention and steering among Swedish students in economics, law, and political science. Furthermore, we considered whether environmental personal norms mediate the link between VO and support for environmental policy instruments and finally, whether TIS moderates the link between environmental personal norms and support for environmental policy instruments, testing this on a sample of over 800 Swedish students. We found a positive link between both a self-transcendence VO and TIS on environmental policy support; however, we cannot confirm a moderating effect of TIS on the relation between environmental personal norms and policy support. Furthermore, left-wing students displayed stronger support for environmental intervention. We conclude that more knowledge on programme-specific characteristics regarding environmental values, beliefs, and attitudes among freshman students can enhance sustainability teaching intended to develop the students’ critical and reflective capabilities.

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