Overview
- Presents environmental theory based on equilibrium analysis
- Introduces integrated approaches to environmental policy
- Includes a multitude of practical examples from various parts of the world
Part of the book series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE)
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Revised and updated for the 2nd edition, this textbook provides an analysis and investigation of the most essential areas of environmental economic theory and policy, including international environmental problems. The approach is based on standard theoretical tools, in particular equilibrium analysis, and aims to demonstrate how economic principles can help to understand environmental issues and guide policymakers.
Current topics including climate change, overfishing and integrated approaches to environmental policies are carefully analyzed in this framework, and a multitude of practical examples from various parts of the world is presented. Addressing undergraduate and graduate students, this book is a must read for everybody interested in a better understanding of environmental economics.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Environmental Movement
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Theoretical Environmental Economics
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The Environment in the Globalized World
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Hans Wiesmeth is currently the President of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Leipzig, Germany, and a professor emeritus at the Faculty of Business and Economics of Technical University of Dresden, Germany. From 2005 to 2010 he was on leave to act as Dean of HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management. Before joining Dresden University of Technology in 1992 he had a professorship in economics at the University of Bonn and visiting professorships in Canada. He was appointed President of DIU Dresden International University in September 2010. Hans Wiesmeth served as Vice-Rector Research at Dresden University of Technology for seven years from 1993. From 2000 through 2003 he was the Founding Director of BIOTEC, the Biotechnological Centre at Dresden University of Technology. His research interests range from general equilibrium theory to environmental economics and include areas such as allocation of global public commodities on the one hand and extended producer responsibility on the other.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Economics
Book Subtitle: Theory and Policy in Equilibrium
Authors: Hans Wiesmeth
Series Title: Springer Texts in Business and Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05929-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05928-5Published: 13 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05931-5Published: 14 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-05929-2Published: 12 May 2022
Series ISSN: 2192-4333
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4341
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXI, 334
Number of Illustrations: 62 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Economics, Microeconomics, Economic Policy, Climate, general