Environmental Economics and Sustainability (Surveys of Recent Research in Economics)

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. Read more... 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. Read more... Content: 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

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