chapter 1 Introduction: History of Life Cycle Costing, Its Categorization, and Its Basic Framework -- chapter 2 Modelling for Life Cycle Costing -- chapter 3 Environmental Life Cycle Costing -- chapter 4 Integrating External Effects into Life Cycle Costing -- chapter 5 Life Cycle Costing in Life...

1. Global environmental issues and the built environment -- 2. Towards a sustainable built environment -- 3. Life cycle assessment -- 4. Quantifying environmental impacts of the built environment -- 5. Case studies -- 6. Opportunities for reducing the environmental impact of the built environment.

We study a dynamic general equilibrium model where innovation takes the form of the introduction new goods, whose production requires skilled workers. Innovation is followed by a costly process of standardization, whereby these new goods are adapted to be produced using unskilled labor. Our...

We study a dynamic general equilibrium model where innovation takes the form of the introduction new goods, whose production requires skilled workers. Innovation is followed by a costly process of standardization, whereby these new goods are adapted to be produced using unskilled labor. Our...