ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF MARKET AND INTERVENTION FAILURES IN TRANSPORT POLICY, OECD

Duration: 1988-1989

Scientific Responsible: Prof. Maria Giaoutzi (E-mail: giaoutsi@central.ntua.gr)

The Project Objectives

The growing concern about environmental pollution has forced governments to seek more efficient tools and policies to protect the environment. Transport – in particular motor vehicles – is a major cause of environmental disruption and the OECD has undertaken a study to identify and analyze the elements in transport policy, which can induce adverse environmental effects. To this end, OECD commissioned case studies on six countries – France, The Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands and the United States – from independent experts. This study presents these six case studies.

Project Team

Jean-Philippe Barde, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp, Elizabeth Deakin, Urich Blum, Werner Rottengatter, Claude Lamure, Emile Quinet, Jaap Vleuget, Henk van Gent, Maria Giaoutzi, Leonidas Damianides, Marco Ponti, Maria Rosa Vittadini.