"This collection of specially commissioned papers pays tribute to Karl-Gustaf Loefgren's significant and diverse contribution to theoretical and empirical research within the field of environmental and resource economics over the past two decades. A number of distinguished scholars examine a broad range of topics including sustainability, risk and uncertainty, demand theory and issues related to public goods. The book also contains analy ..."
Green Taxes Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence from Scandinavia (New Horizons in Environmental Economics) by RunarBrannlund, Ing-Marie Gren Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 1999 by Edward Elgar Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-85898-859-7, ISBN: 1-85898-859-4
"The prospect of simultaneously achieving a `greener' environment, increased tax revenues and lower levels of unemployment has made ecological taxes an increasingly popular proposition. This volume examines the possibility of ecological tax reform in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The potential for ecological tax reform is investigated on a theoretical and an empirical level. The social costs associated with envi ..."
"Every decision about energy involves its price and cost. The price of gasoline and the cost of buying from foreign producers; the price of nuclear and hydroelectricity and the costs to our ecosystems; the price of electricity from coal-fired plants and the cost to the atmosphere. Giving life to inventions, lifestyle changes, geopolitical shifts, and things in-between, energy economics is of high interest to Academia, Corporations and ..."