A problemática ambiental e a função do Estado numa economia mista moderna

Resumo

This paper aims to analyse the environmental problem under the environmental
economics point of view, stressing the essential role of the State in dealing with it.The
work focuses: 1) two great approaches to environmental economics; 2) the tools of State
intervention in modern mixed economies (speciaUy, USA), which seem to converge to the
application of cost-effectiveness analysis; 3) some detailed examples of cost-effectiveness
policies, and 4) some suggestions to governmental action at the Rio Grande do Sul State
case.