Environmentally harmful subsidies : challenges for reform


OECD. Publishing
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Medvirkende
Utgitt
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , c2005
Omfang
159 s. : fig.
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; Executive Summary; Chapter 1. Synthesis Report on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies; Introduction; Definition and Measurement of Subsidies; Assessment of Enviromentally Harmful Subsidies; Overcoming Obstacles to the Reform of Environmentally Harmful Subsidies; Chapter 2. When Removing Subsidies Benefits the Environment: Developing a Checklist Based on the Conditionality of Subsidies; Introduction; Subsidy-Environment Linkages; Merging Theory with Evidence; Developing the Checklist; Appendix 2.1. Selected Case Studies; Appendix 2.2. The Role of Elasticities. - Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Environmentally Harmful SubsidiesIntroduction; The Political Economy Framework; The Political Economy of Policy Concessions: the Demand Side; Constraints on Rent Seeking: the Supply Side; Strategies for Reform; Annex. A Stocktaking of OECD Work on Subsidies. - Subsidies are pervasive throughout OECD countries and much of this support is potentially harmful environmentally. This report presents sectoral analyses on agriculture, fisheries, water, energy and transport, proposing a checklist approach to identifying and assessing environmentally harmful subsidies. It also identifies the key tensions and conflicts that are likely to influence subsidy policy making. The book concludes with a discussion of politically feasible subsidy reform strategies.
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ISBN
9264012044

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