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Home / Working Paper Series / Working Paper # 6 Environmentally Perverse Government Incentives (November 1992)

Working Paper # 6 Environmentally Perverse Government Incentives (November 1992)

By Philippe Clément, NRTEE

Working Paper # 6 Environmentally Perverse Government Incentives (November 1992)Government incentives may be seen as one of the most powerful instruments of change available to governments. This paper argues that government incentives in most sectors have the potential to benefit or damage the environment. The fundamental question about government incentives is whether, in the short and in the long term, they serve their purpose: to stimulate environmentally sustainable growth. Because the subject is so broad, the agricultural sector was chosen as an illustration of government incentive policies in general.

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WorkingPaper # 6 Environmentally Perverse Government Incentives(November 1992) (2.97 Mb - 27 pages) Date: 1992