Download or read book The Political Economy of Environmental Policy written by Bouwe R. Dijkstra and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work asks why market instruments have not been used to their full potential in environmental policy. It uses a public choice perspective to analyse the political economy of environmental policy, emphasising the role of interest groups which have blocked the introduction of market instruments.