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Governments have at their disposal a broad range of policy instruments that they may use to influence behaviour and pursue environmental policy goals. This volume of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law is a comprehensive guide to these environmental policy instruments, examining their characteristics, applications, strengths and limitations, as well as giving an overview of the most significant issues related to their adoption and effectiveness. With entries written by leading international scholars, this incisive volume provides insight into the cross-cutting issues that are common to discussions of such policy instruments, including the legal bases for their use, how instruments can be compared for costs, distributional questions, and monitoring and enforcement. Contributions also explore hybrids and blends of policy instruments and explain the relationships between them, using case studies and examples from around the world, as well as providing succinct summaries of the substantial literature in the field. Students and scholars in environmental law will find this volume to be an invaluable resource, for both its solid theoretical foundations and its analysis of undertreated issues in the field. Its discussion of how and why each policy tool might be used is particularly relevant for policymakers and practitioners. Contributors include: A.D.K. Abelkop, C. Coglianese, M.A. Cohen, D.H. Cole, C.M. Correa, N. de Sadeleer, R.C. Feiock, P.Z. Grossman, N. Gunningham, S. Hayes Richards, M. Howlett, S.-L. Hsu, B. Huber, O. Karassin, B.C. Karkkainen, S.E. Light, L.M.J. McCann, J.E. Milne, I. Mukherjee, E.W. Orts, O. Perez, K.R. Richards, T.M. Roberts, A. Rowell, S. Roy, J.P. Shimshack, H. Sigman, D. Sinclair, S. Starobin, S.E. Weishaar, E. Woerdman, H. Yi, J. van Zeben

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'This is an impressive book, edited and written by many leading colleagues in the field internationally. It reflects upon the wide variety of policy instruments governments nowadays have at their disposal to develop and implement environmental, energy, climate and sustainability policies. Their work shows that many governments still have not managed to get their act together on this. This volume will therefore be a beacon of light in the dark.' -- Kurt Deketelaere, KU Leuven, Belgium 'In this important volume, the editors - Kenneth Richards and Josephine van Zeben - have assembled an impressive set of entries that provide a remarkably comprehensive description and assessment of the diverse set of policy instruments which can be used by governments to achieve their environmental objectives in the face of market failures.' -- Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University, US

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Edited by Kenneth R. Richards, Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, US and Josephine van Zeben, Chair of Transnational Law, Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Italy

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