Comparing environmental policy-making in transnational institutions

This paper uses analytically tractable and numerically solved general equilibrium models to examine the significance of pre-existing distortions in factor markets for revenue- neutral environmental tax reforms and for various policies involving…

Democratization in Korea since 1987 has led to the gradual establishment of a diverse set of institutional arrangements-competitive electoral systems, local autonomy, freedom of the press, and freedom of association that facilitate the articulation…

Who speaks for the trees, the water, the soil, and the air in American government today? Which agencies confront environmental problems, and how do they set priorities? How are the opposing claims of interest groups evaluated? Why do certain issues…

This paper analyses the relation between power and politics under the conditions of economic globalisation and transnational policy-making in education. The paper argues that power lies not only with the producers of the dominant educational…

This paper focuses on possible conflicts of interests between the political aims of reduced emissions from energy consumption, redistribution of welfare and efficient policy-making. We use the results from a LES estimation to calculate the…

Book description: This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative…

Through policy channels not explicitly related to climate or : zoning, infrastructure There does not even exist inter national negotiating bodies along these incentives than clarity and coherence also favor integration through , though, and

Over the last 10 years the UK Government has strongly promoted the more effective use of science to inform policy-making and regulation. In response, the Environment Research Funders Forum (which brings together the main UK Governmental funders of…

In the literature on European integration liberal intergovernmentalism and multilevel governance are often presented as competing approaches. In this article, the value of both approaches claims with respect to describing the involvement of the…

In this article major environmental problems and their different levels and global spheres of impact are surveyed. Environmental exploitation is discussed as an inherent characteristic of free market economies under limited cognitive-motivational…