This paper aims to trace the consequences of various global scenarios for the transportation system and the environment. After a review and the identification of four new world scenario’s, the implications for sustainable transport are mapped out. The methodology is illustrated by means of a...

This contribution aims to highlight the importance of Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs) for the study of regional-economic interactions. After a conceptual review of SAMs, the attention is focused on the empirical meaning of SAMs for economic impact assessment. The potential of SAMs is...

In this paper we develop a simple equilibrium business-cycle model for an economy with both clean-and dirty-producing plants. We derive that the optimal timing of cleaning the production process is during a slowdown of the economy. Due to external effects and market failures the timing of...