Environmental Policy Instruments for Controlling Air Pollution: An Applied General Equilibrium Modelling Approach for Quantifying their Efficiency and Effectiveness

Air Pollution, Allocation of Property Rights, Environmental Issues and Theoretical Overlapping Generations General Equilibrium ModellingThis paper presents how the environment - considered as a production factor - and other related assumptions can be introduced step by step in a theoretical Overlapping Generations General Equilibrium Model (OLG - GE). The first part shows the behaviors of agents with pollution in the absence of an environmental policy. The second part emphasizes a Greenhouse Gas abatement policy through the allocation of Pollution Permit ownership, which allows property rights on the environment; here we assume a three-factor model: Capital - Labor - Environment. The last part of of the paper highlights one theoretical property about the allocation of pollution permits within a OLG-GE steady state with the environment. To our knowledge, it is the first time that the aforementioned property has been characterized.

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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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