Economic Growth and Environmental Regulation

Timothy Swanson is Chair of Law and Economics at University College London. He has worked on issues dealing with regulation and growth in China for more than fifteen years, and has examined issues dealing with regulation across many industries and many parts of the world.Tun Lin is a Research Fellow at the Asian Development Bank, focusing on issues to deal with China’s growth and development. He took his PhD at Cambridge University, focusing on issues dealing with environmental regulation and enforcement.

• 1. Introduction Tun Lin and Tim Swanson Part A: Growth and Environmental Regulation: 2. The Problem of Growth and Environment: The Case of China Pei Xiaofei and Xia Guang: 3 Growth and Environment: The EKC in China Yi Jiang, Tun Lin and Juzhong Zhuang 4. Growth and Environmental Regulation: International Experiences Tim Swanson Part B: Growth and Environmental Management: China’s Experiences: 5 Air Pollution Management: China’s Experience Hao Jemin: 6 Water Pollution Management: China’s Experience Meng Wei: 7 Ecosystem Management: China’s Experience Gao Jixi Part C: Pathways to a Brighter Future? International Experiences in Environmental Regulation: 8 Air Pollution Management: International Experiences Haakon Vennemo: 9 Water Pollution Management: International Experiences Ben Groom: 10 Ecosystem Management: International Experiences Andreas Kontoleon Part D: Institutional Development for a Regulated Environment: 11 Institutional Development: the case of China Dong Keyong: 12 Institutional Development: International Experiences Timo Goeschl: 13 Cross-Cutting Issues in Environmental Regulation Jim Salzman: 14 Conclusions: China’s Path to a Brighter Future Tun Lin, Jim Salzman and Tim Swanson