Critically examine some of the ways in which government can encourage businesses to be more environmentally friendly

      

Critically examine some of the ways in which government can encourage businesses to be more environmentally friendly

  

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marlyne
There are a range of policies open to government to deal with negative environmental externalities each of which have their own benefits and drawbacks.
These include:
• subsidising environmentally friendly forms of production
• environmental legislation
• environmental taxation
• tradable pollution permits
• extension of property rights.
marlinbito answered the question on July 6, 2018 at 08:46


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