Wolfgang Buchholz - Böcker

This volume presents new developments in the research on ancillary benefits. Twenty years after the influential OECD report on ancillary benefits, the authors discuss theoretical innovations and offer new empirical findings on various ancillary effects in different world regions. Covering topics such as ancillary health effects associated with reduced air pollution, the influence of ancillary benefits on international cooperation on climate protection, co-effects of carbon capture and storage, ancillary effects of adaptation to climate change, multi-criteria decision analysis covering multiple effects of climate protection actions, and the analysis of primary and ancillary effects within an impure public goods framework, it provides starting points for further research on integrated climate policies seeking to address a range of policy objectives simultaneously.

This volume presents new developments in the research on ancillary benefits. Twenty years after the influential OECD report on ancillary benefits, the authors discuss theoretical innovations and offer new empirical findings on various ancillary effects in different world regions. Covering topics such as ancillary health effects associated with reduced air pollution, the influence of ancillary benefits on international cooperation on climate protection, co-effects of carbon capture and storage, ancillary effects of adaptation to climate change, multi-criteria decision analysis covering multiple effects of climate protection actions, and the analysis of primary and ancillary effects within an impure public goods framework, it provides starting points for further research on integrated climate policies seeking to address a range of policy objectives simultaneously.

This textbook provides a solid introduction to the theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental economics and their links to environmental policy. In this second edition, all chapters have been updated and restructured, and new sections have been added to reflect a greater focus on climate policy.Starting from the need to balance the social costs of pollution against the financial costs of emission abatement, the book discusses the major issues that arise in the context of environmental policy – such as the potential and limitations of monetary valuation of the environment (and in particular the contingent valuation method) and the design of environmental policy. With regard to the choice of environmental policy instruments, the book focuses on the price-based instruments preferred by economists, i.e., environmental taxes and emissions trading, discussing in detail not only their many advantages but also their drawbacks.The second edition especially focuses on green industrial policy as a complementary measure to price-based instruments, the distributional effects of environmental policies, and the resulting challenges for political feasibility. Moreover, the book deals extensively with international environmental problems, in particular climate protection, which is a global public good that will be underprovided when certain countries refuse to cooperate and contribute. Approaches to overcoming this underprovision are described in far more detail than in the first edition, both theoretically and empirically – in particular by assessing the functions of the many international environmental agreements in this field. Finally, a new chapter considers adaptation strategies, especially in the water sector, as an additional pillar of climate policy.

This textbook provides a solid introduction to the theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental economics and their links to environmental policy. In this second edition, all chapters have been updated and restructured, and new sections have been added to reflect a greater focus on climate policy.Starting from the need to balance the social costs of pollution against the financial costs of emission abatement, the book discusses the major issues that arise in the context of environmental policy – such as the potential and limitations of monetary valuation of the environment (and in particular the contingent valuation method) and the design of environmental policy. With regard to the choice of environmental policy instruments, the book focuses on the price-based instruments preferred by economists, i.e., environmental taxes and emissions trading, discussing in detail not only their many advantages but also their drawbacks.The second edition especially focuses on green industrial policy as a complementary measure to price-based instruments, the distributional effects of environmental policies, and the resulting challenges for political feasibility. Moreover, the book deals extensively with international environmental problems, in particular climate protection, which is a global public good that will be underprovided when certain countries refuse to cooperate and contribute. Approaches to overcoming this underprovision are described in far more detail than in the first edition, both theoretically and empirically – in particular by assessing the functions of the many international environmental agreements in this field. Finally, a new chapter considers adaptation strategies, especially in the water sector, as an additional pillar of climate policy.

This state-of-the art collection of papers analyses various aspects of the theory of externalities and public goods. The contributions employ new analytical techniques like the aggregative game approach, and discuss the philosophical underpinnings of the theory. Cornes, a pioneer in the theory of externalities and public goods.

This state-of-the art collection of papers analyses various aspects of the theory of externalities and public goods. The contributions employ new analytical techniques like the aggregative game approach, and discuss the philosophical underpinnings of the theory. Cornes, a pioneer in the theory of externalities and public goods.

Das Lehrbuch stellt die Themenfelder der Organisation in einem innovativen und praxisorientierten Ansatz systematisiert dar und bettet sie in das umfassendere Konzept der Unternehmensführung ein. Ausgangspunkt der Gestaltung der unternehmensinternen und -übergreifenden Wertschöpfungsprozesse und -strukturen sind Wertschöpfungsarchitekturen, die die konzeptionelle Brücke zur Unternehmensstrategie bilden und den Anschluss an Branchen- und Netzwerkarchitekturen sicherstellen. Fallbeispiele illustrieren den Anwendungsbezug des entwickelten Konzepts. Für die 2. Auflage wurde das Lehrbuch komplett überarbeitet und um aktuelle Beispiele ergänzt.

In Deutschland werden mehr als 30 Prozent des Sozialprodukts für Soziales ausgegeben, und der Staat greift mit seiner Sozialgesetzgebung massiv ins Leben seiner Bürger ein. In diesem Buch werden normative Begründungen sowohl für staatliche Umverteilungsmaßnahmen als auch für die Existenz einer Sozialversicherung mit Zwangsmitgliedschaft mit dem analytischen Instrumentarium der modernen Wirtschaftstheorie diskutiert. Dabei werden Gerechtigkeits- und vor allem Effizienzkriterien zugrunde gelegt.Des Weiteren analysieren die Autoren die einzelnen Elemente des Systems der Sozialen Sicherung (Renten-, Kranken- und Arbeitslosenversicherung, Sozialhilfe, Familienpolitik) systematisch auf ihre Wirkungen hin und vergleichen alternative Gestaltungsformen. Schließlich wird untersucht, wie der Sozialstaat reformiert werden kann, damit er den zukünftigen Herausforderungen, vor allem bedingt durch den demografischen Wandel, standhalten kann.Für die dritte Auflage wurden der Text gründlich überarbeitet und umfangreiche Ergänzungen vorgenommen, die neueren Entwicklungen Rechnung tragen und den Inhalt des Buches auf den aktuellen Stand der sozial- und verteilungspolitischen Diskussion in der Volkswirtschaftslehre bringen.