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Environmental Policy,Public Interest and Political Market |
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| Authors: | Tanguay Georges A Lanoie Paul Moreau Jérôme |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics and Canadian-American Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469-5774, US.A. 2. Institut d'économie appliquée, école des Hautes études Commerciales, Montreal, H3T 2A7, Quebec, Canada and CIRANO 3. CEGEDIM, Boite postale 405, 127 rue D'Aguesseau, 92103, Boulogne – Billancourt CEDEX |
| Abstract: | In this paper, we highlight the factorswhich influence governments in theirdecision to implement environmentalpolicies of varying degrees of severity. Wesubstantiate our arguments with analyticalevidence from the public interest theoryand the economic theory of regulation(``interest group theory''). We show, throughempirical analysis based on the policies of22 OECD countries, that pressure groupshave sufficient impact on environmentalregulation so that the economic theorypredominates over the public interesttheory. |
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