Environmental Economics
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Firms, Governments and Climate Policy
Edited by Carlo Carraro, Christian Egenhofer
This book analyses the policy mixes that provide the best possible incentives for firms and governments to act on climate change and sign up to international climate agreements. In doing so, the authors address a multitude of related iss... -
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Environmental Accounting in Action
Glenn-Marie Lange, Rashid Hassan, Kirk Hamilton, Moortaza Jiwanji
Environmental Accounting in Action studies the experiences of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, the core countries of a unique, regional environmental accounting programme in Southern Africa. Covering minerals, forestry, fisheries and ... -
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Environmental Research and Development
John T. Scott
John Scott develops, describes, and uses new primary data about US industrial firms’ research and development (R&D) investments to create innovative products and processes that provide goods and services without the by-product of polluti...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Global Climate Change
Edited by James M. Griffin
This volume is written for policymakers and informed citizenry who want to understand at a general level the complexities of global climate change without becoming enmeshed in technical minutia. The introduction emphasizes the core fact ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Open Economy and the Environment
Ian Coxhead, Sisira Jayasuriya
The Open Economy and the Environment asks what globalization means for environmental quality and the use of natural resources in developing economies. The authors develop theoretical models that trace the effects of trade and trade liber... -
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The Political Economy of the European Union
Gert T. Svendsen
This book offers a generic explanation of the political economy of the EU, demonstrating in a clear and comprehensive way how the present institutional set-up makes it vulnerable to lobbyism, corruption and the destruction of social capi... -
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Governing the Global Environment
Edited by Carlo Carraro
The governance of the global environment is one of the major policy issues of the new century. Global environmental problems are increasingly important because of their impact on industrial activities, infrastructures, ecosystems, natura... -
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Negotiating Environmental Change
Edited by Frans Berkhout, Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones
This book by leading researchers presents a critical review of debates in environmental social science over the past decade. Three broad areas are covered in ten chapters: the problems of scientific uncertainty and its role in shaping en...eBook:Find out more$59.96
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Valuing Environmental and Natural Resources
Timothy C. Haab, Kenneth E. McConnell
Non-market valuation has become a broadly accepted and widely practiced means of measuring the economic values of the environment and natural resources. In this book, the authors provide a guide to the statistical and econometric practic...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Environmental Management and the Competitiveness of Nature-Based Tourism Destinations
Twan Huybers, Jeff Bennett
Environmental management, either voluntary or imposed, can add to the costs of nature-based tourism businesses. Such costs can make tourism destinations less competitive, but the same activities can also enhance competitiveness by increa... -
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Environmental Tax Reform and the Labour Market
Kurt Kratena
During the past decade the issue of a general welfare double dividend (an improvement in environmental quality combined with a positive welfare effect) triggered by a tax shift from labour to energy resources has been extensively debated...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Status, Growth and the Environment
Kjell Arne Brekke, Richard B. Howarth
Applied welfare economics proceeds from the assumption that preferences are fixed and independent of social context. Social psychologists and anthropologists, in contrast, interpret preferences as being strongly shaped by culture and the...