Free-Entry Cournot Oligopoly, Environmental Policies, and the Role of Public Enterprises in a Mixed Economy

2019 ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Xin Zhi Yu ◽  
Yasuyuki Nishigaki
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Cournot Oligopoly ◽  
Free Entry ◽  
Public Enterprises ◽  
Mixed Economy

scholarly journals How Does Environmental Interpretation Affect Psychological Well-Being? A Study Conducted in the Context of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8522
Author(s):  
Hoang Viet Nguyen ◽  
Wilson Dang ◽  
Hoang Nguyen ◽  
Thi Nguyen Hong Nguyen ◽  
Thi My Nguyet Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Environmentally Responsible Behavior ◽  
Environmental Interpretation ◽  
Psychological Contract Violation ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Responsible

The COVID-19 crisis has challenged and generated severe impact on the global society, economy, and environment. Under this pandemic context, governments and organizations around the world have issued and strengthened environmental policies and regulations to protect the environment and human health. However, the extant knowledge about how people’s interpretation of environmental policies and regulations influence their psychological well-being in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is still limited. This study, therefore, investigates the impact of environmental interpretation on psychological well-being with the mediating role of environmentally responsible behavior and the moderating role of psychological contract violation. Using the data from a large sample of 960 residents in China, results of structural equation modeling show a positive relationship between environmental interpretation and psychological well-being, and this relationship is mediated by environmentally responsible behavior. Notably, psychological contract violation has a moderating effect on the indirect effect of environmental interpretation on psychological well-being via environmentally responsible behavior. These findings have several important implications for policymakers in environmental sustainability and pandemic planning.

scholarly journals Lei da Compostagem e Participação Social: Etnografando políticas públicas em Florianópolis/SC

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (55) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rianna De Carvalho Feitosa ◽  
Maristela Oliveira de Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Descriptive Research

Resumo: Neste artigo buscamos compreender o papel da participação social na construção de políticas públicas relacionadas à gestão de resíduos sólidos urbanos (RSU). Fazemos isso a partir da análise do contexto de aprovação de uma lei pioneira no Brasil, que ficou conhecida como Lei da Compostagem (2019), pelo município de Florianópolis/SC. Realizamos pesquisa qualitativa e descritiva, com uma etapa documental e outra etnográfica. Primeiramente, sistematizamos um quadro histórico-político das relações da cidade com o lixo, apontando a sucessão de políticas e ações que reflete na forma como os RSU são geridos no município. Em seguida, apresentamos resultados da pesquisa etnográfica feita a partir da observação de duas sessões plenárias nas quais ocorreram as votações do Projeto de Lei 17.506/2018, conhecido como PL da Compostagem. Buscamos demonstrar a importância da participação social na aprovação dessa lei, capaz de trazer avanços significativos em relação à gestão de resíduos no município e no país.Palavras-chave: Resíduos sólidos urbanos. Compostagem. Políticas ambientais. Participação social.  COMPOSTING LAW AND SOCIAL PARTICIPATION: ETHNOGRAPHY OF PUBLIC POLICIES IN FLORIANÓPOLIS / SC  Abstract: This paper aims to understand the role of social participation in the construction of public policies related to municipal solid waste management (MSWM). We do this by analyzing the context of approval of a pioneering law in Brazil, which became known as the Composting Law (2019), by the municipality of Florianópolis/SC. We conducted qualitative and descriptive research, with a documentary and an ethnographic stage. Initially, we systematized a historical-political framework of the city's relationship with waste, pointing the succession of policies and actions that reflected in how the MSW are managed in the municipality. Thereafter, we present results of the ethnographic research conducted from the observation of two plenary sessions, situations in which voting of PL (Bill) 17.506/2018, known as Composting Bill, took place. We aim to demonstrate the importance of social participation in the approval of this law, capable of bringing significant advances in relation to waste management in the municipality and in the country.Keywords: Municipal solid waste. Composting. Environmental policies. Social participation.

scholarly journals The Role of Environmental Law Education for Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Hanna Audzei
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Successful Solution ◽  
Legal Thinking ◽  
Ecological Culture

National imperative of sustainable development is a strategy that combines into one social, economic and environmental policies. First of all the environmental legal education should aim to prepare people for life in an innovative type of society. To achieve this goal of environmental and legal education we should be reoriented to form a human ecological and legal culture and eco-innovative type of legal thinking and a willingness to innovative type of environmental and legal action. The successful solution of this and other challenges requires science foundation, including environmental law science. Keywords: law, environmental legal education, sustainable development, environmental safety, ecology, responsibility, ecological culture, legislation

scholarly journals Public policy, public utility and citizens: The impact of privatization

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Μαντώ Λαμπροπούλου (Manto Lampropoulou)
Keyword(s):  
Public Utility ◽  
Network Industries ◽  
Public Enterprises ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
The Past ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Over the past two decades, utilities policy in Greece has been steadily shifting towards privatization and liberalization. This shift signified a critical reconsideration of the boundaries and the dynamics of the relationship between the state and the market in network industries. Public debate usually focuses on issues of ownership of public enterprises and economic performance. On the contrary, this book places the emphasis on the socio-economic implications of utilities policy for citizens. A key issue is the impact of privatization on the relationship between government (state), public enterprises (market) and citizens (society). The study covers the period from the post-war state monopolies to the current circumstances of mixed/private ownership of public enterprises and liberalized markets. The main questions addressed in this book are the following: What is the rationale (legitimization) for government intervention in the utilities sector? What are the politics of nationalization and privatization? How different policy contexts affect the institutional, organizational and regulatory framework of the utilities sector? Who are the key-stakeholders and policy actors? What is the role of citizens? What is the (re)distribution of utilities policy costs and benefits among stakeholders?

scholarly journals Climate Change and Aerosol Sciences

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Kehan Li
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Atmospheric Aerosols ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Modern Times

Climate change is of great importance in modern times and global warming is considered as a significant part of climate change. It is proved that human’s emissions such as greenhouse gases are one of the main sources of global warming (IPCC, 2018). Apart from greenhouse gases, there is another kind of matter being released in quantity via emissions from industries and transportations and playing an important role in global warming, which is aerosol. However, atmospheric aerosols have the net effect of cooling towards global warming. In this paper, climate change with respect to global warming is briefly introduced and the role of aerosols in the atmosphere is emphasized. Besides, properties of aerosols including dynamics and thermodynamics of aerosols as well as interactions with solar radiation are concluded. In the end, environmental policies and solutions are discussed. Keywords: Climate change, Global warming, Atmospheric aerosols, Particulate matter, Radiation, Environmental policy.

scholarly journals Lewis fry Richardson Medal Lecture – How many modes are neededto predict climate bifurcations?: Lessons from an experiment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bérengère Dubrulle ◽  
François Daviaud ◽  
Davide Faranda ◽  
Louis Marié ◽  
Brice Saint-Michel
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Finite Resolution ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Lewis Fry Richardson ◽  
Do So

Abstract. According to everyone’s experience, predicting the weather reliably over more than 8 days seems an impossible taskfor our best weather agencies. At the same time, politicians and citizens are asking scientists for climate projections severaldecades into the future to guide economic and environmental policies, especially regarding the maximum admissible emissions of CO2. To what extent is this request scientifically admissible? In this lecture we will investigate this question, focusing on the topic of predictions of transitions between metastable statesof the atmospheric or oceanic circulations. Two relevant exemples are the switching between zonal and blocked atmosphericcirculation at midlatitudes and the alternance of El Niño and La Niña phases in the Pacific ocean. The main issue is whetherpresent climate models, that necessarily have a finite resolution and a smaller number of degrees of freedom than the actualterrestrial system, are able to reproduce such spontaneous or forced transitions. To do so, we will draw an analogy betweenclimate observations and results obtained in our group on a laboratory-scale, turbulent, von Kármán flow, in which spontaneoustransitions between different states of the circulation take place. We will detail the analogy, and investigate the nature of thetransitions, the number of degrees of freedom that characterizes the latter and discuss the effect of reducing the number ofdegrees of freedom in such systems. We will also discuss the role of fluctuations and their origin, and stress the importance ofdescribing very small scales to capture fluctuations of correct intensity and scale.

The role of emotions on policy support and environmental advocacy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedict Hignell ◽  
Zaid Saleemi ◽  
Elia Valentini
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Models ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Environmental Advocacy ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Online Web

Research indicated that emotions experienced in relation to the climate crisis are important predictors of environmental attitudes and behaviours. However, the affective milieu is changing rapidly over the years along with the change in societal appraisal. Thus, more research is required to identify the relevant emotional drives and their contextual impact on governance scenarios.Here we presented respondents with three sets of proposed United Kingdom policies which differ by their extent of reformative aspiration. In a cross-sectional online web survey, respondents (n=260) rated their support (or opposition) for the Conservative Government’s manifesto, the Climate and Ecology Bill (CEE Bill) and the Green New Deal.We asked if distinct emotions linked to the emergency predict the type of policy support, if policy support mediates the relationship between emotions and active engagement (i.e., number of advocacy actions), and if the degree of engagement predicts the type of policy support.Using a combination of linear mixed models and mediation analysis, we found that respondents who reported higher levels of anxiety and worry were generally more prone to support environmental policies. Only respondents who reported the greatest intensity of disappointment were more likely to support the CEE bill. The support expressed for the CEE policies mediated the relationship between active engagement and both worry and disappointment, respectively. Finally, greater active engagement accounted for greater CEE bill support.Our findings dovetail with previous literature and provide new insights into the analysis of the complex relationship between emotions, policy support, and environmental advocacy.

scholarly journals Optimal Regulation in the Presence of Reputation Concerns *

2014 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 415-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Atkeson ◽  
Christian Hellwig ◽  
Guillermo Ordoñez
Keyword(s):  
Firm Dynamics ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Entry And Exit ◽  
Free Entry ◽  
Spot Prices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Equilibrium Prices ◽  
Random Growth ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In all markets, firms go through a process of creative destruction: entry, random growth, and exit. In many of these markets there are also regulations that restrict entry, possibly distorting this process. We study the public interest rationale for entry taxes in a general equilibrium model with free entry and exit of firms in which firm dynamics are driven by reputation concerns. In our model firms can produce high-quality output by making a costly but efficient initial unobservable investment. If buyers never learn about this investment, an extreme “lemons problem” develops, no firm invests, and the market shuts down. Learning introduces reputation incentives such that a fraction of entrants do invest. We show that if the market operates with spot prices, entry taxes always enhance the role of reputation to induce investment, improving welfare despite the impact of these taxes on equilibrium prices and total production.

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