Comparative Environmental Economic Assessment - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840642602 ISBN 13: 9781840642605

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Over the last decade, economists have increasingly recognized the role of meta-analysis and value transfer in synthesizing knowledge and efficiently exploiting the existing pool of knowledge. Comparative Environmental Economic Assessment explores the potential significance of using these techniques, particularly in environmental economics.

Both meta-analysis and value transfer constitute major research tools which efficiently use knowledge previously acquired from other studies. The book focuses on the potential role and usefulness of these tools in environmental economic research, and goes on to address their validity, relevance and applicability. A future agenda for research is also illustrated.

Combining methodological analysis with a variety of case studies - on aircraft noise, environmental policy in European space and urban energy policy, amongst others - the contributors present an illuminating examination of the utilization of meta-analysis and value transfer.

The insightful techniques highlighted in this book will prove invaluable in the field of environmental economics. Policymakers in various areas including the environment and planning will also find this state-of-the-art study interesting and informative.

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About the Author

Edited by the late Raymond J.G.M. Florax, formerly Professor of Spatial and Environmental Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, US, Peter Nijkamp, Professor Emeritus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Centre for European Studies, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Romania and the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China and Kenneth G. Willis, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840642602
• ISBN 13: 9781840642605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Florax Raymond J.G.M., Nijkamp Peter, Willis Kenneth G.