International Competitiveness and Environmental Policies (Hardcover)

Government policies to reduce environmental pollution and global warming are often criticized as damaging to the economy, particularly by reducing international competitiveness. This book addresses the issue by examining many of the policies concerned, and their effects on competitiveness. It demonstrates that well-designed, market-oriented environmental policies may be expected to improve both domestic and international competitiveness. The authors dismiss the fear that environmental policies will damage competitiveness by approaching the issue from four different perspectives: the economic analysis of competitiveness; a geo-economic approach to trade and foreign investment between Europe, NAFTA and Southeast Asia; studies of the effects of environmental policies on competitiveness; and the formal modelling of carbon taxation, international competitiveness and carbon leakage. The book also includes results from a global econometric model on the potential for carbon leakage, a detailed case study of German national policies, an examination of life cycle analysis and competitiveness, and an empirical study of green product development. This book will be of great interest to academics working in the field of environmental economics and researchers involved in environmental policy.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	International Studies in Environmental Policy Making series
Release date:	1998
Editors:	Terry Barker • Jonathan Koehler
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-85898-778-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business competition Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General
LSN:	1-85898-778-4
Barcode:	9781858987781

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