Environmental contracts: Comparative approaches to regulatory innovation in the United States and Europe Author Orts E., Deketelaere K.(eds) Date 2001 Source IUCN (ID: MON-067318) Publisher | Place of publication Kluwer Law International | London, UK ISBN 90-411-9821-0 Pages 447 p. Document type Monography/book Language English Country/Territory European Union, United States of America Subject Environment gen. Keyword Self-regulation Economy and environment Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Comparative analysis Abstract Contents: 1. Introduction: Environmental contracts and regulatory innovation 2. Bargaining, politics, and law in environmental regulation 3. Environmental contracts in the United States 4. Is consensus an appropriate basis for regulatory policy?? 5. Understanding project XL: A comparative legal and policy analysis 6. The quest for cooperative environmental management: Lessons from the 3M Hutchinson Project XL in Minnesota 7. Environmental contracts: A Flemish law and economics perspective 8. Legal aspects of environmental agreements in the Netherlands, in particular the Agreement on Packaging and Packaging Waste 9. The use of voluntary agreements in the European Community 's environmental policy 10. Competition law and the use of environmental agreements: The experience in Europe, an example for the United States 11. The law and economics of environmental contracts 12. The new political economy of regulation: Looking for positive sum change in a zero sum world 13. An institutional analysis of environmental voluntary agreements in the United States 14. Voluntary agreements for the environment: Institutional constraints and potential for innovation 15. Environmental voluntary agreements: Participation and free riding 16. Third-party inspection as an alternative to command-and-control regulation 17. Environmental voluntary contracts between individuals and industry: An analysis of consumer preferences for green electricity 18. Your contribution counts! An empirical analysis of the decision to support solar energy