Greening the budget budgetary policies for environmental improvement / [electronic resource] : edited by J. Peter Clinch ... [et al.]. - Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : E. Elgar, c2002. - 1 online resource (xxi, 340 p.) : ill. - International studies in environmental policy making . - International studies in environmental policy making. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Environmentally damaging subsidies -- pt. 2. Taxes and charges -- pt. 3. Subsidies for environmental purposes -- pt. 4. European financial transfers -- pt. 5. Public purchasing and administration.

Greening the Budget regards the fundamental cause of environmental degradation as government and market failure and proposes the use of budgets as an instrument of environmental policy to rectify this problem. The book focuses on the elements of the public budget which currently affect the environment and explores the scope for greening both revenue and expenditure through specific measures.

9781781009918 (e-book)

2001040321


Budget--Case studies.
Subsidies--Case studies.
Sustainable development--Case studies.
Environmental policy--Case studies.


Electronic books.

HJ2005 / .G73 2002

333.7