Ex-post evaluation of the pros and cons of environmental legislation
On 15 January 2015, the German government enacted the so-called 'bureaucracy brake'. The aim is to mitigate the long-term impact on the economy. It is of the utmost importance that the government's regulatory proposals do not lead to an increase in compliance costs. Consequently, any additional burdens must be offset by comparable reductions in regulatory requirements. This puts considerable pressure on the justification of environmental policy proposals, which are often accused of imposing costs on business that are disproportionate to their social and economic benefits. The objective of this research project, carried out in collaboration with the ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut e.V.), is to determine the actual relationship between the costs incurred by businesses as a result of selected environmental regulations and the overall social benefits. This will make it easier to demonstrate the added value of these environmental regulations in the context of an ex-post evaluation.
(Publications are in German.)
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Ex-post Evaluierung der Nutzen und Kosten von Umweltgesetzen
Das Projektteam hat sechs Umweltregelungen exemplarisch in Bezug auf die Kosten und Nutzen untersucht, die sich für die Wirtschaft sowie die Gesellschaft und Umwelt ergeben.
