Harnessing the political economy of environmental policy: David Pearce’s contribution to OECD

Abstract

During 34 years, David Pearce made major contribution to OECD work on environmental economic issues, with a particular focus on cost–benefit analysis, economic instruments, biodiversity and distributive issues. This article provides a brief review of David Pearce’s contributions. This work was particularly useful in enhancing the political economy of environmental policy which is at the core of OECD work. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2007Environmental policy, Sustainability, Political economy, Monetary valuation, Economic instruments, Subsidies, OECD,

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