Ecological economics and scientific controversies. Lessons from some recent policy making in the EEC

Contrasting the very limited scientific evidence on the forest dieback issue with the sudden adoption of policies on air pollution decided in the FRG (1983–1984) and extended to the European Community (1985), we propose an interpretative framework for the real internalization process at work in what...

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Published in:Ecological economics 1992, Vol.6 (3), p.211-233
Main Authors: Hourcade, Jean-Charles, Salles, Jean-Michel, Théry, Daniel
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