"This volume explores the roles which politics, market forces and leadership play as barriers or facilitators in the development of sustainable energy sources. Beginning with an overview of energy-related programs and legislation the book discusses the various financial programs and policy...

Introduction: Financial Implications of Regulations in the Energy Industry -- Environmental Regulatory Arbitrage by Business Groups in the Context of the European Union's Emission Trading System (EU-ETS) -- Measuring the Effects of Energy Efficiency Policies: Evidence from Turkish Manufacturing...

Local content and the sustainable development Nexus / Damilola S. Olawuy -- Defining the 'local' in local content requirements in the oil and gas sector / Chilenye Nwapi -- Local content measures and the WTO regime : addressing contentions and trade-offs / Mandy Meng Fang -- Local content...

"With Asia--especially China and India--leading world energy consumption, Asian energy trends are now of global interest, with deep implications for the world economy and geopolitics. Understanding the issues often require real-life case scenarios. This two-volume compilation presents the key...