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Full list of studies

Studies undertaken in past years in the following areas of work:

1. The economics of environmental policy

   • The costs of not implementing the environmental acquis (2011)

   • The economic benefits of environmental policy (2010)

   • Scoping Study on completing the European Single Market for environmental goods and services (2010)

   • Environment and the Single Market (2009)

   • Scoping study on cost effectiveness of EU environmental policy (2009)

   • The links between the environment and competitiveness (2009)

   • Sectoral costs of environmental policy (2007)

   • Cost of policy inaction - scoping study (2006)

   • Economic analysis of reaching a 20% share of renewable energy sources in 2020 (2006)

   • Populating the Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory: 40 European valuation studies (2002)

   • Workshops on the State-of-the-art in noise valuation and on the costs and benefits of Noise mitigation (2001)

   • Workshop on the value of reducing the risk of ill-health or a fatal illness (2001)

   • European Environmental Priorities: An Integrated Economic and Environmental Assessment (2000)

   • Assessment of Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory (EVRI) and the Expansion of Its Coverage to the EU (2000)

   • Induced and Opportunity Cost and Benefit Patterns in the Context of Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Field of Environment (2000)

   • Economic Evaluation of Environmental Policies and Legislation (1998)

2. The use of market-based instruments

   • The role of market based instruments in achieving a resource efficient economy (2011)

   • The use of market-based instruments for biodiversity protection - the case of Habitat Banking (2010)

   • Environmentally Harmful Subsidies: Identification and Assessments (2010)

   • The Potential Benefits of using Differential VAT for Environmental Purposes (2008)

   • Environmentally Harmful Subsidies study (2007)

   • Economic and Environmental Implications of the Use of Environmental Taxes and Charges in the European Union and its Member States (2001)

   • Study on the relationship between environmental/energy taxation and employment creation (2000)

   • A possible EU wide charge on cadmium in phosphate fertilisers: Economic and environmental implications (2000)

   • Study on a European wide regulatory framework for levies on pesticides (1999)

3. Green jobs and social impacts

   • The number of Jobs dependent on the Environment and Resource Efficiency (2012)

   • Programmes to promote environmental skills (2010)

   • Study on the Competitiveness of the EU eco-industry (2009)

   • Environment and labour force skills (2008)

   • Environment and ageing (2008)

   • Links between the environment, economy and jobs (2007)

   • Facts and Figures: the links between EU's economy and the environment (2007)

   • Eco-industry, its size, employment, perspectives and barriers to growth in an enlarged EU (2006)

   • Analysis of the EU Eco-Industries, their Employment and Export Potential (2002)

   • The EU Eco-industry's export potential (1999)

   • The Environment Industry in Sweden (1999)

   • Environment employment in France, methodology and results (1996-1998)

   • Environment-related Employment in the Netherlands (1997)

   • Environment Industry and Employment in Portugal (1997)

   • Case Studies of links between Environmental Policy and Employment

4. Support to sectoral policies (biodiversity, waste, climate change etc)

i) Biodiversity

• Design, implementation and cost elements of Green Infrastructure projects (2011)

• Assessment of the Natura 2000 co-financing arrangements of the EU financing instrument (2011)

• Costing the environmental needs related to rural land management (2011)

• Taking into account opportunity costs when assessing costs of biodiversity and ecosystem action (2011)

• The Social Dimension of Biodiversity Policy (2011)

• Study on how businesses take into account their risks related to biodiversity and ecosystem services: state of play and way forward (2010)

• Study on the evolution of some deforestation drivers and their potential impacts on the costs of avoiding deforestation scheme (2010)

• The use of market-based instruments for biodiversity protection - the case of Habitat Banking (2010)

• Study on understanding the causes of biodiversity loss and the policy assessment framework (2009)

• Further Developing Assumptions on Monetary Valuation of Biodiversity Cost of Policy Inaction (2009)

• Scenarios and models for exploring future trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services changes (2009)

• Cost of policy inaction  - The case of not meeting the 2010 biodiversity target (2008)

• The Use of Market Incentives to Preserve Biodiversity (2006)

• Value of Biodiversity (2006)

ii) Waste and resource management

• Establishing Environmental Sustainability Thresholds and Indicators (2010)

• Waste: Optimising markets for recycling (2008)

• A study to examine the benefits of the End of Life Vehicles Directive and the costs and benefits of a revision of the 2015 targets for recycling, re-use and recovery under the ELV Directive (2006)

• Employment Effects of Waste Management Policies (2001)

• Economic Valuation of Environmental Externalities from Landfill Disposal and Incineration of Waste (2000)

• Experts Reports on Resource Management (2000-2001)

• Analysis of the Fundamental Concepts of Resource Management (2000)

• Economic evaluation of PVC waste management (2000)

• Expert Workshop on Resource Management (2000)

• Financial Costs of Plastics Marking (1999)

iii) Industry/Business

• Environmental reporting by companies (1999)

• Survey on Environmental Protection Expenditures by Businesses in Portugal (1998)

• Pilot Survey on the Environmental Expenditure of Enterprises in Belgium (1995, 1996 and 1997)

iv) Air/transport

• Estimates of marginal external costs of air pollution in Europe(2002 and 2005)

• Economic Evaluation of Air Quality Targets for Heavy Metals (2001)

• Economic Evaluation of Air Quality Targets for PAHs (2001)

• Economic, legal, environmental and practical implications of a European Union System to reduce ship emissions of SO2 and Nox (2000)

• Economic evaluation of a Directive on National Emission Ceilings for Certain Atmospheric Pollutants (1999)

• Economic Evaluation of Air Quality Targets for CO and Benzene (1999)

• Economic evaluation of air quality targets for tropospheric ozone (1999)

• Review of the software structure of the TREMOVE model (1999)

• The Auto-Oil II Cost-Effectiveness Study (1999)

v) Climate change

• Economic Evaluation of Sectoral Emission Reduction Objectives for Climate Change (2001)

• Economic analysis of EU-wide emissions trading in CO2 (2000)

• Economic Evaluation of Quantitative Objectives for Climate Change (1999)

• Reduction of the emissions of HFC's, PFC's and SF6 in the European Union (1999)

• Options to Reduce Methane Emissions (1998)

• Options to Reduce Nitrous Oxide Emissions (1998)

vi) Water

• Economic assessment of policy measures for the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2012)

• Socio-Economic Impacts of the Identification of Priority Hazardous Substances under the Water Framework Directive (2000)

vii) Environmental liability

• Study on the Implementation Efficiency of the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) and related Financial Security issues (2009)

• Financial Security in the Environmental Liability Directive (2008)

• An Analysis of the Preventive Effect of Environmental Liability- Environmental Liability, Location and Emissions Substitution: Evidence From the Toxic Release Inventory (2001)

• A General Analysis of the Financial Assurance Issues of Environmental Liability (2000)

• A Market-Based Analysis of Financial Assurance Issues Associated with U.S. Natural Resource Damage Liability (2000)

• The Potential Economic Impact of Environmental Liability. The American and European Contexts (2000)

5. Supporting impact assessment of policy-making

   • Expanding the Evidence Base for the Design of Policy influencing Consumer Choice (2011)

   • Implementation of the CAP Policy Options with the Land Use Modelling Platform - A first indicator-based analysis (2011)

   • Coastal zones in Europe: Impacts of land use policy alternatives (2011)

   • Designing Policy to Influence Consumers (2009)

   • Improving Assessment of the Environment in Impact Assessment (2007)

   • Ex-post estimates of costs to business of selected pieces of EU environmental legislation (2006)

6. Economic analysis of eco-innovation

   • Designing Policy to Influence Consumers (2009)

   • Bridging the Valley of Death: public support for commercialisation of eco-innovation (2009)

   • The Potential of Market Pull Instruments for Promoting Innovation in Environmental Characteristics (2009)

   • Mainstreaming innovative and green business models (2008)

   • Effective Environment Policy: Design for innovation (2007)

   • Innovation dynamics induced by environmental policy (2006)

7. Strategic economic modelling and foresight

   • Macroeconomic modelling of sustainable development and the links between the economy and the environment (2011)

   • Sustainability Scenarios for a Resource Efficient Europe (2011)

   • Scoping Study on the Macroeconomic View of Sustainability (2010)

   • Study on the evolution of some deforestation drivers and their potential impacts on the costs of avoiding deforestation scheme (2010)

   • Land use modelling : Implementation - Preserving and enhancing the environmental benefits of land use services (2010)

   • Scenarios and models for exploring future trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services changes (2009)

   • Modelling of EU land-use choices and environmental impacts - Scoping study (2008)

   • Cost of policy inaction - scoping study (2006)

8. Member State environmental policy

   • The implementation of green recovery measures in the EU (2011)

   • Gathering information on Member State's new environment policies and performance

   • Policy Assessment at Member State level (2005)

9. Structural Change and the Resource Efficient Economy

   • Transition Costs (2011)

   • Lags in the EU Economy's response to change (2011)

   • Economic Analysis of Resource Efficiency Policies (2011)