Handbook of Environmental and Sustainable Finance

The use of financial concepts and tools to shape development is hardly new, but their recent adoption by advocates of sustainable environmental management has created opportunities for innovation in business and regulatory groups. The __Handbook of Environmental and Sustainable Finance__ summarizes the latest trends and attitudes in environmental finance, balancing empirical research with theory and applications. It captures the evolution of environmental finance from a niche scholarly field to a mainstream subdiscipline, and it provides glimpses of future directions for research. Covering implications from the Kyoto and Paris Protocols, it presents an intellectually cohesive examination of problems, opportunities, and metrics worldwide. * Introduces the latest developments in environmental economics, sustainable accounting work, and environmental/sustainable finance * Explores the effects of environmental regulation on the economy and businesses * Emphasizes research about the trade-environmental regulation nexus, relevant for economics and business students Content: Front Matter,Copyright,Dedication,List of Contributors,Editors' Biography,Contributors' Biography,AcknowledgmentsEntitled to full textSection 1: Environmental Regulations Post the Kyoto Protocol on Climate ChangeChapter 1 - Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol: An Overview, Pages 3-23, Anil Gupta Chapter 2 - Environmental Policies Post the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: Evidence from the US and Japan, Pages 25-54, Vikash Ramiah, Michael Gangemi, Min Liu Chapter 3 - Efficiency of U.S. State EPA Emission Rate Goals for 2030: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach, Pages 55-64, Greg N. Gregoriou, Vikash Ramiah Chapter 4 - Environmental Water Governance in the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia: The Movement from Regulation and Engineering to Economic-Based Instruments, Pages 67-91, Claire Settre, Sarah Ann Wheeler Chapter 5 - Damages Evaluation, Periodic Floods, and Local Sea Level Rise: The Case of Venice, Italy, Pages 93-110, Massimiliano Caporin, Fulvio Fontini Chapter 6 - Corporate Social Responsibility and Macroeconomic Uncertainty, Pages 111-130, Abraham Lioui Chapter 7 - Public Value of Environmental Investments: A Conceptual Outlook on the Management of Normatively Determined Risks, Pages 131-145, Camillo von Müller, Steven A. Brieger Chapter 8 - What Holds Back Eco-innovations? A “Green Growth Diagnostics” Approach, Pages 147-163, Harald Sander Chapter 9 - Trade Openness and CO2 Emission: Evidence from a SIDS, Pages 165-177, Raja Vinesh Sannassee, Boopen Seetanah Chapter 10 - Will TAFTA Be Good or Bad for the Environment?, Pages 179-206, Dhimitri Qirjo, Robert Christopherson Chapter 11 - Feminism, Environmental Economics, and Accountability, Pages 207-237, Tehmina Khan Chapter 12 - Does National Culture Affect Attitudes toward Environment Friendly Practices?, Pages 241-263, Kartick Gupta, Ronald McIver Chapter 13 - The Economic and Financial Effects of Environmental Regulation, Pages 265-292, Imad A. Moosa Chapter 14 - Environmental Challenges and Financial Market Opportunities, Pages 293-305, Colin Read Chapter 15 - Environmental Finance, Pages 307-333, John Anderson Chapter 16 - The Relationship between Screening Intensity and Performance of Socially Responsible Investment Funds, Pages 335-357, Philip Gharghori, Elizabeth Ooi Chapter 17 - Using CO2 Emission Allowances in Equity Portfolios, Pages 359-370, Michael Graham, Anton Hasselgren, Jarkko Peltomäki Chapter 18 - The Returns from Investing in Water Markets in Australia, Pages 371-384, Sarah Ann Wheeler, Peter Rossini, Henning Bjornlund, Belinda Spagnoletti Chapter 19 - Product Market Competition and Corporate Environmental Performance, Pages 385-404, Kartick Gupta, Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti Chapter 20 - The Costs and Benefits of Cost–Benefit Analysis as Applied to Environmental Regulation, Pages 407-428, Imad A. Moosa Chapter 21 - The Crowdfunding of Renewable Energy Projects, Pages 429-444, Davide Bonzanini, Giancarlo Giudici, Andrea Patrucco Chapter 22 - Management Accounting and Biodiversity: The Cultural Circuit of Capitalism and the Social Construction of a Perfect Market?, Pages 445-470, Gillian Vesty, Albie Brooks, Judy Oliver, Sukanta Bakshi Index, Pages 471-479

The use of financial concepts and tools to shape development is hardly new, but their recent adoption by advocates of sustainable environmental management has created opportunities for innovation in business and regulatory groups. The Handbook of Environmental and Sustainable Finance summarizes the latest trends and attitudes in environmental finance, balancing empirical research with theory and applications. It captures the evolution of environmental finance from a niche scholarly field to a mainstream subdiscipline, and it provides glimpses of future directions for research. Covering implications from the Kyoto and Paris Protocols, it presents an intellectually cohesive examination of problems, opportunities, and metrics worldwide.

• Introduces the latest developments in environmental economics, sustainable accounting work, and environmental/sustainable finance
• Explores the effects of environmental regulation on the economy and businesses
• Emphasizes research about the trade-environmental regulation nexus, relevant for economics and business students