Direct Public Involvement in Environmental Policymaking: A Bargaining Model

University of Calgary, Economics Discussion Paper

17 Pages Posted: 27 Jan 2003

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Christopher J. Bruce

University of Calgary - Department of Economics

Date Written: October 2002

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to develop a model of one of the most ambitious forms of public participation, which I call public policymaking, but which is often called consensus-building or reg-neg. I investigate the bargaining process between two groups that I will call environmentalists and developers. The argument is presented in two stages. In the first, I employ a model developed by Zeuthen and Harsanyi to predict the nature of the bargained outcome under certain simplifying assumptions. In the second, I relax these assumptions to investigate the impact of alternative institutional arrangements on the bargaining process. I conclude that public policymaking offers some prospect for improving government policy with respect to environmental issues, if certain conditions are met.

Keywords: consensus-building, environmental dispute resolution, land use policy, public policymaking

JEL Classification: Q21, Q28

Suggested Citation

Bruce, Christopher J., Direct Public Involvement in Environmental Policymaking: A Bargaining Model (October 2002). University of Calgary, Economics Discussion Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=342266 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.342266

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