BOOKS
Toward a New Climate Agreement: Conflict, Resolution and Governance
(edited with J. Hovi and D. McEvoy) Routledge, London, 328 pages, 2014. [info]
Climate change is one of the most pressing problems facing the global community. Underlying this problem is the fact that states are sovereign, governed by their own laws and regulations. Sovereignty requires that states address global problems such as climate change on a voluntary basis, by negotiating international agreements. Despite a consensus on the need for global action, many questions remain concerning how a meaningful international climate agreement can be realized. This book brings together leading experts from economics, political science and international law to speak to such questions and to offer promising ideas for the path toward a new climate agreement.
Toward a New Climate Agreement: Conflict, Resolution and Governance
(edited with J. Hovi and D. McEvoy) Routledge, London, 328 pages, 2014. [info]
Climate change is one of the most pressing problems facing the global community. Underlying this problem is the fact that states are sovereign, governed by their own laws and regulations. Sovereignty requires that states address global problems such as climate change on a voluntary basis, by negotiating international agreements. Despite a consensus on the need for global action, many questions remain concerning how a meaningful international climate agreement can be realized. This book brings together leading experts from economics, political science and international law to speak to such questions and to offer promising ideas for the path toward a new climate agreement.
Environmental Amenities and Regional Economic Development
(edited with D. Rickman) Routledge, London, 384 pages, 2010 (paperback 2012). [info]
Economic development and the environment are presumed to be in conflict, but the latter part of the twentieth century experienced a series of economic changes that increasingly questioned this view. Economic activity became more footloose and the ability to attract productive labor became a prominent regional development concern. Consequently, environmental amenities began to have a larger role in determining the patterns of regional growth and development, and subsequently moved to the forefront of current regional economic development thought and practice. This book explores varied dimensions of the role of the natural environment in regional economic development.
(edited with D. Rickman) Routledge, London, 384 pages, 2010 (paperback 2012). [info]
Economic development and the environment are presumed to be in conflict, but the latter part of the twentieth century experienced a series of economic changes that increasingly questioned this view. Economic activity became more footloose and the ability to attract productive labor became a prominent regional development concern. Consequently, environmental amenities began to have a larger role in determining the patterns of regional growth and development, and subsequently moved to the forefront of current regional economic development thought and practice. This book explores varied dimensions of the role of the natural environment in regional economic development.
Environmental Economics, Experimental Methods
(edited with J. Shogren and S. Kroll) Routledge, London, 486 pages, 2007 (paperback, 2009). [info]
The experimental method is one commonly applied to issues of environmental economics; this book brings together 63 leading researchers in the area and their latest work exploring the behavioural underpinnings of experimental environmental economics. This book examines questions of environmental policy and how proposed changes in incentives might affect behaviour and consequently, the likely success of a policy. The work illustrates that experimental evidence complements theoretic insights, field data and simulation models to improve our understanding of the underlying assumptions and incentives that drive behavioural responses to policy. Topics include tradable permit markets, common property and public goods, regulation and compliance and valuation and preferences.
(edited with J. Shogren and S. Kroll) Routledge, London, 486 pages, 2007 (paperback, 2009). [info]
The experimental method is one commonly applied to issues of environmental economics; this book brings together 63 leading researchers in the area and their latest work exploring the behavioural underpinnings of experimental environmental economics. This book examines questions of environmental policy and how proposed changes in incentives might affect behaviour and consequently, the likely success of a policy. The work illustrates that experimental evidence complements theoretic insights, field data and simulation models to improve our understanding of the underlying assumptions and incentives that drive behavioural responses to policy. Topics include tradable permit markets, common property and public goods, regulation and compliance and valuation and preferences.