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Changing climate, changing economy
Touffut, Jean-Philippe (contributor) - 2009
How did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851724
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The economics of climate change policy : international, national and regional mitigation strategies
Rose, Adam - 2009
This important collection embodies the author's pioneering and on-going efforts to incorporate equity and efficiency principles into the economics of climate change policy. It represents a valuable compendium of work, both previously published and original, the range of which is not otherwise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474060
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Sustainable development indicators in ecological economics
Lawn, Philip A. (contributor) - 2006
Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, national governments have introduced a range of policy measures designed to steer their economies along a more sustainable path. Yet how are we to know how successful these have been? This significant new book discusses the ways in which sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850668
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The impact of climate change on regional systems : a comprehensive analysis of California
Smith, Joel B. (contributor);  … - 2006
Models are used to estimate potential physical and biological impacts, efficient adaptations, and residual damages from climate change. The contributors cover a broad array of climate change impacts on affected market sectors (including water supply, agriculture, coastal resources, timber, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851109
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Game theory and international environmental cooperation : essential readings
Caparrós, A. (contributor); Finus, Michael (contributor) - 2015
), July, 327-45 -- Stefan Ambec and Yves Sprumont (2002), 'Sharing a River', Journal of Economic Theory, 107 (2), December … Environmental Externalities', International Journal of Game Theory, 26 (3), October, 379-401 -- Effrosyni Diamantoudi and Eftichios … Economic Theory, 8 (2), May, 247-63 -- Santiago J. Rubio and Alistair Ulph (2006), 'Self-Enforcing International Environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852183
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International handbook on the economics of energy
Evans, Joanne (contributor); Hunt, Lester C. (contributor) - 2009
research issues in this topical field of economics. Themes addressed include the theory of energy supply, demand and policy …Introduction / Joanne Evans and Lester C Hunt -- 1. A brief history of energy / Roger Fouquet -- 2. The theory of … theory and practice of energy policy / Richard L. Gordon -- 5. Energy demand theory / Kenneth B. Medlock III -- 6. Empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851493
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The ethics and the economics of minimalist government
Roth, Timothy P. - 2002
, corruption and the growth of -- government 40 -- 6. The indeterminacy of social welfare theory 59 -- 7. The contractarian …-based, procedurally detached theory of the state has contributed to the growth of government. As part of the Kantian … grounded in consequentialist social welfare theory (SWT), the economist's theory of the state must be rejected. Ad hoc …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420101
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Handbook of economics and ethics
Staveren, Irene van (contributor); Peil, Jan (contributor) - 2009
, though distinct, are closely interconnected in a variety of ways. From theory building to data collection, and from modelling … K. Barker and Darla Schumm -- 23. Freedom / Nicolas Gravel -- 24. Game theory / Ken Binmore -- 25. Globalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851481
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The economics of ethics and the ethics of economics : values, markets and the state
Brennan, Geoffrey (contributor);  … - 2009
-making Processes: The Relevance of Motivation / Philip Jones -- 7. Positive Constraints on Normative Political Theory / Geoffrey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851487
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Inequality and economic development : the modern perspective
Galor, Oded (contributor) - 2009
', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115 (4), November, 1167-99 -- Oded Galor and Omer Moav (2006), 'Das Human-Kapital: A Theory of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852249