[DOWNLOAD] "Environmental policy analysis" by Helge Sigurd Næss-Schmidt & Lars Jensen # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Environmental policy analysis
- Author : Helge Sigurd Næss-Schmidt & Lars Jensen
- Release Date : January 23, 2015
- Genre: Science & Nature,Books,Politics & Current Events,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1828 KB
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This report discusses how policymakers should deal with economic distortions on the cost-side of cost-benefit analysis in the area of environmental policies, and assesses the existing Nordic guideline recommendations. The two types of economic distortions are distortions to product markets, which are almost by definition tied to environmental policy interventions, and distortions to labour supply decisions. Drawing on best practices from the literature, we formulate a number of key principles useful for assessing the impact on labour supply decisions and welfare on product markets from policy interventions. Four analytical examples are included to illustrate the importance of these principles for the correct quantification of distortionary impacts, especially the importance of taking into account pre-existing policy induced distortions.