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Download or read book The Use of Economic Instruments in Nordic Environmental Policy 2014–2017 written by Svenningsen, Lea Skræp and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eighth quadrennial report on the use of economic instruments in Nordic environmental policy published by the Nordic Working Group for Environment and Economics. The report comprises two parts. Part I summarises the use of economic instruments in environmental policies of the five countries, during the period 2014-2017. It provides an overview of new instruments and major changes to existing instruments, a detailed country-by-country description of these developments, and a cross-country comparison. Part II provides an overview of the use of voluntary environmental agreements in different environmental sectors across the Nordic countries. It includes an overview and synthesis of studies that have evaluated the effects of voluntary environmental agreements.