Environmental economics and sustainability

Title:

Author:

Lin, Brian Chi-ang, editor.

ISBN:

9781119328087

9781119328223

9781119328193

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

General Note:

"Originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Economic Surveys (Volume 30, Issue 3)"--PDF image of title page verso.

Contents:

TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT; 1: A NEW DIRECTION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; 1. Introduction; 2. Overview of Scholarly Findings; 3. Final Remark; References; 2: DETECTING VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTIONS BY DESIGNED BREAK-INDICATOR SATURATION; 1. Introduction; 2. Break Detection Using Designed Indicator Functions; 3. Empirical Illustration for Climate Time Series: Detection of Volcanic Eruptions from Simulated Model Surface Air Temperature Data; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References.

3: STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING AND THE CAUSAL EFFECT OF PERMANENT INCOME ON LIFE SATISFACTION: THE CASE OF AIR POLLUTION VALUATION IN SWITZERLAND; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature Review; 3. Methodology; 4. Data; 5. Empirical Results; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Note; References; 4: THE DECOMPOSITION AND DYNAMICS OF INDUSTRIAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FOR 287 CHINESE CITIES IN 1998-2009; 1. Introduction; 2. Survey of Related Literature; 3. Decomposition of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Chinese Cities.

4. The Impacts of FDI and Environmental Regulations on Scale, Composition and Technique Effects; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 5: ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND THE GREENED SAMUELSON RULE; 1. Introduction; 2. The Model; 3. The Samuelson Rule for Optimal Provision with the Green Public Good (The Greened Samuelson Rule); 4. The Optimal Tax Structure; 5. Discussion and Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 6: HOUSEHOLD COOPERATION IN WASTE MANAGEMENT: INITIAL CONDITIONS AND INTERVENTION; 1. Introduction; 2. Initial Conditions; 3. Intervention; 4. Conclusion.

9: GLOBALIZATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE: NEW EMPIRICAL PANEL DATA EVIDENCE; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature Review and Analytical Framework; 3. Empirical Strategy; 4. Empirical Results; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 10: A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION BASED ON MAIN PATH ANALYSIS; 1. Introduction; 2. Knowledge Advances Related to EI; 3. Determinants of EI; 4. Economic Effects of EI; 5. Environmental Effects of EI; 6. Policy Inducement Mechanism; 7. Discussion, Further Developments and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; References.

Abstract:

Environmental Economics and Sustainability presents a collection of peer-reviewed research articles contributed by international experts that reveal the current state of our knowledge in the field of environmental economics.-Presents the latest research results on a plethora of issues relating to environmental economics and sustainability -Features original contributions from top experts in the field from around the world -Addresses several of the contemporary challenges of sustainability while infusing new energy into the field of environmental economics -Covers myriad topics relating to environmental economics and sustainability including climate change, air pollution, CO2 emissions, recycling, and the international environmental agreement.

Local Note:

John Wiley and Sons

Subject Term:

Environmental economics.

Sustainable development.

Économie de l'environnement.

Développement durable.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.

Macroeconomics.

Economics.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.

Environmental economics