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Home / Working Paper Series / Working paper # 13: Exploring Incentives: An Introduction to Incentives and Economic Instruments for Sustainable Development (February 1991)

Working paper # 13: Exploring Incentives: An Introduction to Incentives and Economic Instruments for Sustainable Development (February 1991)

By Ronald L. Doering, NRTEE

This paper provides an overview of the range of economic instruments available for implementing sustainable development in Canada. Recognizing that no single incentive or regulatory system is going to provide a panacea for dealing with any given issue, an array of both economic and non-monetary instruments is explored. Regulatory structures, economic instruments, information-based incentives, public awards, institutional change, and other incentives are provided to illustrate the many options available for better integrating environmental and economic thinking.

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Workingpaper # 13: Exploring Incentives: An Introduction toIncentives and Economic Instruments for Sustainable Development (February 1991) (3.60 Mb - 32 pages) Date: 1993