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In many economic textbooks it is argued that environmental policy should be implemented by the introduction of economic instruments (for example, Bojö, et al., 1992). One gets the impression from these publications that the crucial factor in environmental policy is choice of the correct instruments. The same type of reasoning is followed in many publications dealing with the realisation of sustainable development. It is argued that many environmental problems would disappear if national and international authorities would accept the concept of sustainable development as a starting point for their environmental policies.
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Van Der Straaten, J. (1998). Sustainable Development and Public Policy. In: Faucheux, S., O’Connor, M., van der Straaten, J. (eds) Sustainable Development: Concepts, Rationalities and Strategies. Economy & Environment, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3188-1_5
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