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  • Edward Elgar Publishing  (8)
  • Nickel, Johanna (1916-1984)
  • Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing  (8)
  • Economic development Environmental aspects  (8)
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    Twenty-first century macroeconomics : responding to the climate challenge (2009)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781035305629
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 332 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Twenty-first century macroeconomics
    Keywords: Economic development Environmental aspects ; Macroeconomics ; Global warming
    Abstract: The authors and editors of this book challenge traditional assumptions about economic growth, and develop the elements of a reoriented macroeconomics that takes account both of environmental impacts and social equity. Policies including carbon trading, revenue recycling, and reorientation of private and social investment are analyzed, providing insight into new paths for economic development with flat or negative carbon emissions. These issues will be crucial to macroeconomic and development policies in the twenty-first century. What are the likely economic effects of climate change? What are the costs of substantial action to avert climate change? What economic policies can be effective in responding to climate change? The debate has broad implications for public policy. However, it also raises fundamental questions about economic analysis itself, and moves issues of environmental policy from the microeconomic to the macroeconomic level. Taking global climate change seriously requires a re-examination of macroeconomic goals. Economic growth has been closely linked to expanded use of energy, primarily fossil fuels. The assumption of continuing economic growth, in turn, leads economists to discount future costs, including the generational impacts of climate change. Challenging conventional concepts of growth implies different development paths both for rich and poor nations. This volume brings together contributions from scholars around the world to address these issues. Scholars, researchers and students of economics and development studies along with policymakers and non-governmental organizations will find this insightful book of great interest
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction / Jonathan M. Harris and Neva R. Goodwin -- Part I: The scope of the challenge -- 1. Understanding the challenge of global warming / Lloyd J. Dumas -- 2. The new climate economics: The stern review versus its critics / Frank Ackerman -- 3. Economics and climate change: Resilience, equity, and sustainability / Neva R. Goodwin -- 4. The right to development in a climate-constrained world / Paul Baer, Tom Athanasiou and Sivan Kartha -- Part II: Macroeconomic theory perspectives -- 5. The economic fundamentals of global warming / Duncan K. Foley -- 6. Energy productivity, labor productivity, and global warming / Lance Taylor -- 7. Macroeconomics and sustainable development: Applying the sustainomics framework / Mohan Munasinghe -- 8. Ecological macroeconomics: Consumption, investment and climate change / Jonathan M. Harris -- Part III: Policy options for responding to climate change -- 9. Cap and dividend: How to curb global warming while promoting income equity / James K. Boyce and Matthew Riddle -- 10. Policies for funding a response to climate change / Brian Roach -- 11. The new EU emissions trading scheme: A blueprint for the global carbon market? / Christian Egenhofer -- 12. Implementation of sustainable development in Poland / Andrzej Kassenberg -- 13. Climate change from the investor's perspective / Adam Seitchik -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    The economics of technology diffusion and energy efficiency (2005)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781035305179
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 264 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Advances in ecological economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mulder, Peter, - 1974- The economics of technology diffusion and energy efficiency
    DDC: 333.79/17
    Keywords: Diffusion of innovations Economic aspects ; Technological innovations Environmental aspects ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Energy conservation Technological innovations
    Abstract: Technological change plays a crucial role in realizing energy efficiency improvements and, therefore, in ameliorating the conflict between economic growth and environmental quality. However, the diffusion of new technologies can prove a costly and lengthy process, meaning that many firms do not invest in best-practice technologies. The author offers important new explanations for this energy-efficiency paradox. This volume contributes to a better understanding of the interplay between economic growth, energy use and technological change, with particular emphasis on the adoption and diffusion of energy-saving technologies. In the theoretical section, the author examines how several characteristics of technological change and environmental policy affect the dynamics of technology choice. He demonstrates how technological complementarity, learning processes and uncertainty can help explain why the innovation and diffusion of new technologies is such a protracted and complex procedure. The empirical section explores long-run trends in energy and labour productivity performance, as well as patterns of substitutability and technological change across a range of OECD countries. The book concludes by integrating the results in an applied policy model of economy-energy interaction. This book is unique in applying insights from different perspectives to the field of energy economics, and by focusing on the diffusion of energy-saving technologies rather than their innovation. It will be of immense value to academics and policymakers with an interest in energy economics, environmental economics and the interaction between economic growth and natural resources
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Introduction -- 1. Technological change, economic growth and energy use -- 2. Economic theory -- Of growth and technological change: A neoclassical versus an evolutionary perspective -- Part II: Theoretical models -- 3. Explaining slow diffusion of energy-saving technologies: Returns-to-diversity and learning-by-using in a vintage model -- 4. Subsidizing the adoption of energy-saving technologies -- Part III: Empirical analyses -- 5. International comparisons of sectoral energy and labour productivity: Stylized facts and decomposition of trends -- 6. Sectoral energy and labour productivity convergence -- Part IV: Policy analyses and conclusions -- 7. Dynamics of technology diffusion in an applied energy-economic model for the Netherlands -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index
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    Environment and agriculture in a developing economy : problems and prospects for Bangladesh (2001)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781035306084
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 274 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Alauddin, Mohammad, 1940 - Environment and agriculture in a developing economy
    DDC: 338.1/095492
    Keywords: Agriculture Environmental aspects ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Land use, Rural Management ; Agrobiodiversity conservation
    Abstract: This book comprehensively examines the performance of Bangladeshi agriculture in light of the most recent thinking on economic development and the environment. It both analyses the experience during the last five decades and discusses the major issues and challenges with special emphasis on the prospects for sustainable agricultural development in the future. The authors emphasise the importance of distributional aspects of environmental change and development in relation to employment and poverty and also focus on gender issues - often ignored in traditional theory. Many of the issues that arise in Bangladesh in connection with the agricultural-development nexus are not unique to the country. Parallels exist elsewhere in the developing world and as such Bangladesh is useful as an example from which to draw conclusions about much of the developing world. Environment and Agriculture in a Developing Economy will therefore be of particular interest to developmental and environmental economists as well as international organisations and NGOs committed to environment and development issues
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Bangladesh's economy, agriculture and the environment: Perspective and issues -- 2. The physical environment of Bangladesh agriculture: Soil, land and physical constraints -- 3. Growth and change in the crop sector -- 4. Overall food supply and self-sufficiency: Some observations -- 5. Ancillary sectors within agriculture: Livestock -- 6. Ancillary sectors within agriculture: Fisheries -- 7. Ancillary sectors within agriculture: Forestry -- 8. Agrarian relations and property rights -- 9. Agrarian change, sustainable resource use and the rural environment in Bangladesh -- 10. Agricultural research and extension -- 11. Agricultural growth and rural poverty -- 12. Conclusions, challenges and prospects -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and index
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    Economic growth and environmental policy : a theoretical approach (2000)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781781959992
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 262 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Hettich, Frank, 1966 - Economic growth and environmental policy
    DDC: 363.7
    Keywords: Economic development Environmental aspects ; Environmental policy
    Abstract: The use of dynamic models to address the problem of environmental degradation is central to environmental policy because decisions taken now affect not only the current generation but have a profound impact on the future. In this innovative book, Frank Hettich uses dynamic modelling to study the interactions between economic growth, environmental policy and tax reform. He incorporates pollution and abatement technologies into different endogenous growth models that take into account consumer preferences and physical and human capital accumulation. He focuses on the effects of environmental policy in closed and open economies in the short, medium and long term. He sheds light on the following questions: * what kind of environmental policy can reverse tendencies towards increasing pollution? * will tighter environmental policy inevitably reduce economic growth? * does environmental taxation provide an efficient source of revenue for governments? * how will higher preferences for a clean environment affect optimal growth rates? * what are the effects of international cooperation on growth, welfare and pollution? * does sustainable environmental development necessarily preclude economic growth? This book will interest all students and scholars of environmental economics and particularly those interested in the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Survey of literature and general model setup -- 3. Environmental policy in the linear growth model -- 4. Environmental policy in the uzawa-lucas model -- 5. Environmental policy in the uzawa-lucas model with leisure -- 6. Environmental policy in the generalized uzawa-lucas model -- 7. Summary and outlook -- A -- Technical appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index
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    Designing effective environmental regimes : the key conditions (1999)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781782542964
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 261 pages)
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    DDC: 341.7/62
    Keywords: Environmental law, International ; Economic development Environmental aspects
    Abstract: This book focuses on the impact and design of international environmental regimes which are established to preserve natural resources and reduce environmental degradation. The author addresses such regimes from both a conceptual and theoretical point of view as well as using comparative empirical evidence from issue areas such as marine pollution, acid rain, ozone layer depletion and global climate change. He examines specifically a number of controversial institutional issues in international environmental politics. Should, for instance, access to decision-processes be inclusive or exclusive in terms of non-governmental watchdogs? Similar choices and dilemmas exist with regard to decision-making rules, the role of the secretariat, the structuring of the agenda, the organization of the science-politics interface, and the design of verification and compliance mechanisms. Hence, he addresses real dilemmas faced by negotiators, in order to help formulate policies for achieving the most effective organization of international environmental institutions. This book will be welcomed by students and scholars interested in environmental political economy and institutions, and policymakers and practitioners involved in the negotiation process
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Analysing the effectiveness and institutional design of international environmental regimes: The conceptual lenses -- 3. Increasing concern and improving design: The oslo and paris conventions on marine pollution in the north-east atlantic -- 4. More 'discursive diplomacy' than 'dashing design'? The convention on long-range transboundary air pollution (lrtap) -- 5. A triumph for institutional incentives and flexible design? The Vienna convention and montreal protocol on ozone layer depletion -- 6. Combining comparative and case study evidence: Institutional findings -- 7. Designing an effective climate change regime: A task 'too hot to handle'? -- 8. Designing effective environmental regimes: Launching the three conditional ps (problems, phases, and processes) -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-256) and index
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    Environmental networks : a framework for economic decision-making and policy analysis (1999)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781035303915
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 379 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Dhanda, Kanwalroop Kathy, 1970 - Environmental networks
    DDC: 333.7
    Keywords: Environmental policy Economic aspects ; Environmental economics ; Economic development Environmental aspects
    Abstract: This original book presents a new basis for environmental policymaking: environmental networks. This framework graphically simplifies the analysis of environmental problems and emphasizes the spatial nature of economic activity and pollution dispersion. The book first discusses the foundations of environmental economics before going on to apply the environmental network approach to different firm structures. The authors then extend the analysis to incorporate multiple products and pollutants, the presence of transaction costs, the availability of investment in production technologies, and the issue of noncompliance versus compliance. They also apply the network approach to pollution caused by transportation and assess the success of permits in limiting this. The authors then formulate integrated models, analyzing the use of permits and taxes in firms, producers, and consumers, as well as transportation and trade routes. This book will be of interest to students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in environmental and transport economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Introduction and overview -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Foundations of environmental economics -- 3. Methodological foundations -- Part II: Firms and the environment -- 4. Pollution permit models for single-product, single-pollutant firms -- 5. Multiproduct, multipollutant firms with transaction costs -- 6. Oligopolistic markets and technological investments -- 7. Noncompliant oligopolistic firms: Statics and dynamics -- Part III: Transportation and the environment -- 8. Environmental targets and single-modal traffic networks -- 9. Environmental targets and multimodal traffic networks -- 10. Emission pollution permits for transportation networks -- 11. Multimodal network permits: Compliance versus noncompliance -- Part IV: Spatial price networks and the environment -- 12. Environmental targets and spatial price networks -- 13. Pollution permits and spatial price networks -- 14. Spatial oligopolies and pollution permits -- Glossary.
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    The economics of environment and development : selected essays (1998)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781035303618
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 540 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Barbier, Edward, 1957 - The economics of environment and development
    DDC: 333.7
    Keywords: Sustainable development ; Economic development Environmental aspects
    Abstract: The Economics of Environment and Development is a carefully edited selection of Edward Barbier's most influential papers on the role of environmental economics in economic development. This book begins with a brief overview and summary of the papers, placing each in its original context and in relation to the development of Barbier's ideas. The first section deals with the concept of sustainable development, in particular its practical implications for economic policy in developing countries, as well as the long run conditions under which an economy might trade-off environment and growth to achieve its development aims. The second section is concerned mainly with land degradation and tropical deforestation. Using case studies from Africa, Central America and Southeast Asia, the underlying causes of these problems are examined and innovative policies are prescribed to reverse environmental degradation in these areas. The third part of the book is dedicated to the economics of wetlands, wildlands and biodiversity conservation, and discusses the optimal use and management of a region's remaining wild or natural habitat areas. The final section of the book deals with trade and the environment and focuses on the linkages between sustainable resource management and the trade in ivory, timber and forest products, and the role of trade interventions as a means of encouraging a developing country to conserve more of a biological resource. This authoritative volume will be of great interest to academics, policymakers and students of environmental, ecological and development economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Sustainable development -- Part II: Agriculture and forests -- Part III: Wetlands, wildlands and biodiversity -- Part IV: Trade and environment -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Frontiers in ecological economics : transdisciplinary essays by Robert Costanza (1997)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781035303427
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 491 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Costanza, Robert, 1950 - Frontiers in ecological economics
    DDC: 333.7
    Keywords: Economic development Environmental aspects ; Environmental economics
    Abstract: Frontiers in Ecological Economics presents some of Robert Costanza's most important work on understanding ecological and economic systems. A signal contribution of Costanza's work is that he transcends disciplinary boundaries by collaborating closely with other specialists and thereby constructs an integrated analysis of the interaction between humans and the rest of the natural world. The book is divided into four parts; part one discusses the creation of an ecological economics, the second part considers material and energy flows in ecological and economic systems, part three surveys dynamic ecological and economic systems modelling and analysis and the final part explores the role of institutions and incentives in environmental protection. Main themes and issues include: environmental sustainability, managing environmental systems, energy and economic valuation in environmental systems and a concern for both the necessity and limitations of modelling ecological economic systems. The book improves access to Robert Costanza's work which has made a fundamental contribution to the development of ecological economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Creating an ecological economics -- Part II: Material and energy flows in ecological and economic systems -- Part III: Ecological and economic systems modelling and analysis -- Part IV: Incentives and institutions.
    Note: Essays originally published in various journals from 1984 to 1995 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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