Avoiding environmental costs of food production preferable to 'polluter pays' principle
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 07:50
in Mathematics & Economics
Environmental problems can be tackled more effectively by means of the principle of 'seeking the cheapest way of avoiding costs' rather than the 'polluter pays' principle. This is one of the conclusions drawn in a study by Dutch LEI Wageningen UR examining ways of controlling the negative external effects of food production.