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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253983403321

Autore

Purkus Alexandra

Titolo

Concepts and Instruments for a Rational Bioenergy Policy : A New Institutional Economics Approach / / by Alexandra Purkus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-31135-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 404 p. 18 illus., 6 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Energy, , 2195-1284 ; ; 55

Disciplina

333.79

Soggetti

Environmental economics

Energy policy

Evolutionary economics

Climatic changes

Renewable energy resources

Welfare economics

Environmental Economics

Energy Policy, Economics and Management

Institutional/Evolutionary Economics

Climate Change Management and Policy

Renewable and Green Energy

Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 2 Allocative Challenges of Bioenergy Use -- 3 Implications of Economic Theory for Bioenergy Policy Design -- 4 The Case of German Bioenergy Policy -- 5 Towards a Rational Bioenergy Policy Concept -- 6 Conclusion -- References. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an in-depth economic analysis of the challenges associated with bioenergy use and production. Drawing on New Institutional Economics and the theory of economic policy, it develops theory-based recommendations for a bioenergy policy that strives for efficiency and sustainability. Further, it shows how to deal with diverse uncertainties and constraints, such as institutional path dependencies,



transaction costs, multiple and conflicting policy aims, and interacting market failures, while also applying the resulting theoretical insights to a case study analysis of Germany’s bioenergy policy. As such, the book aims to bridge the gap between practical bioenergy policymaking on the one hand, and neoclassical theory-based concepts that strictly focus on a minimization of greenhouse gas mitigation costs on the other. .