"This book examines the role renewable energy and energy efficiency play in the energy transition and sustainable development. It also explores the economics and promotion policies of major renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies."

"This book examines the role renewable energy and energy efficiency play in the energy transition and sustainable development. It also explores the economics and promotion policies of major renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies"--

Although the United Nations called for a 'Global Green New Deal' and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes green incentives, there is far from a consensus on whether the Green New Deal will be a key solution to the economic crisis. To inform the debate, we investigate the...

A popular sentiment among Chinese that - corruption could lead to the end of the state and anti-corruption could lead to the end of the Chinese Communist Party - provides a unique perspective from which to interpret China’s current prospects for institutional reform. This paper offers an...

Environmental Policy Convergence in Europe? The Impact of International Institutions and Trade, by Katharina Holzinger, Christoph Knill and Bas Arts (Eds.). Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN-10: 0521888816; ISBN-13: 978-0521888813

China's breakneck economic growth in recent decades was accompanied by visible environmental pollution and degradation. In the same period, tax revenues also increased sharply. Replacing existing taxes with the environment taxes called for by many environmental economists seems a promising...