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This volume deals with instrument choice and design in European environmental policy. The unfolding of environmental policies in many countries and on the international level during the last decades has given rise to a renewed interest in the effectiveness and efficiency of different instruments. Moreover, given the tendencies towards intensification, internationalization and integration of environmental policy, the European Union (EU), as a rather new institutional level to which national competencies of the Member States may or may not be transferred, can be seen as a promising opportunity to optimize the policy level at which policy goals are set and implemented.
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Dietz, F.J., Vollebergh, H.R.J., de Vries, J.L. (1995). Economic Instruments: Theory and Complications. In: Dietz, F.J., Vollebergh, H.R.J., de Vries, J.L. (eds) Environment, Incentives and the Common Market. Environment & Policy, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0113-4_1
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