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Environmental policy mixes and target group heterogeneity: analysing Danish farmers’ responses to the pesticide taxes
Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning ( IF 3.977 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-15 , DOI: 10.1080/1523908x.2020.1806047
Anders Branth Pedersen 1 , Helle Ørsted Nielsen 1, 2 , Carsten Daugbjerg 3
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ABSTRACT

In this article, we challenge two assumptions embedded in many ex-ante analyses of environmental policy instruments. Firstly, it is often assumed that target groups in environmental policy are homogeneous and thus can be expected to respond to policy instruments in a similar manner. Secondly, individual target group members are expected to respond to policy instruments like ‘economic man’, particularly in relation to MBIs applied in environmental policy. We argue that despite the ‘behavioural turn’ in public policy, the debate on policy instrument development and effectiveness has often neglected target group heterogeneity. E.g. members of a given policy target group may be driven by different motivations and each member may even act based on a combination of motivations. Target group heterogeneity suggests that rather than chasing a single perfect policy instrument, research and environmental governance should focus more on better policy mixes to match those differences in decision-making rationales. We argue that a focus on instrument combinations designed to effectively address policy problems where target groups are heterogeneous would mark a new and innovative stage in the research on policy instruments. We substantiate our argument by an empirical analysis of farmer responses to Danish agricultural pesticide taxes.



中文翻译:

环境政策组合和目标群体的异质性:分析丹麦农民对农药税的反应

摘要

在本文中,我们对环境政策工具的许多事前分析中所包含的两个假设提出质疑。首先,通常假设环境政策中的目标群体是同质的,因此可以预期它们以类似的方式对政策工具做出反应。其次,期望目标群体的每个成员对诸如“经济人”之类的政策工具做出回应,特别是在环境政策中应用的MBI方面。我们认为,尽管公共政策出现了“行为转变”,但有关政策工具发展和有效性的争论却常常忽略了目标群体的异质性。例如,给定策略目标组的成员可能受不同动机的驱动,并且每个成员甚至可能基于动机的组合而采取行动。目标群体的异质性表明,研究和环境治理不应追求单一的完美政策工具,而应更多地关注更好的政策组合,以匹配决策依据中的这些差异。我们认为,专注于旨在有效解决目标群体异类的政策问题的工具组合将标志着政策工具研究的一个新的创新阶段。我们通过对丹麦农业农药税对农民的反应进行实证分析来证实我们的观点。我们认为,专注于旨在有效解决目标群体异类的政策问题的工具组合将标志着政策工具研究的一个新的创新阶段。我们通过对丹麦农业农药税对农民的反应进行实证分析来证实我们的观点。我们认为,专注于旨在有效解决目标群体异类的政策问题的工具组合将标志着政策工具研究的一个新的创新阶段。我们通过对丹麦农业农药税对农民的反应进行实证分析来证实我们的观点。

更新日期:2020-08-15
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