At war with the weather : managing large-scale risks in a new era of catastrophes / / Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan with Neil A. Doherty [and others]
| At war with the weather : managing large-scale risks in a new era of catastrophes / / Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan with Neil A. Doherty [and others] |
| Autore | Kunreuther Howard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
| Disciplina | 368.1/2200973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Michel-KerjanErwann
DohertyNeil A |
| Soggetto topico |
Disaster insurance - United States
Emergency management - United States Risk management - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato | ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics |
| ISBN |
0-262-29152-5
1-282-24027-7 9786612240270 0-262-25543-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I Cause for Concern; 1 A New Era of Catastrophes; 2 Catastrophe Risk and the Regulation of Property Insurance; 3 A Market Analysis of Property Insurance against Hurricane Risk; 4 Come Rain or Shine; II Understanding the Demand and Supply of Disaster Insurance; 5 Homeowners' Decision Making for Purchasing Insurance Coverage; 6 Private Insurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 7 Private Reinsurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 8 Innovative Insurance-Linked Securities for Financing Extreme Events
9 A Framework for Linking Supply and Demand of Disaster Insurance10 A Multistate Empirical Analysis of Homeowners' Insurance; III Protecting Homeowners Against Natural Disasters; 11 Impact of Insurance Status on Economic Welfare of Homeowners in Hazard-Prone Areas; 12 Enhancing the Implementation of Risk Reduction Measures; 13 Policy Analysis of Alternative Programs; IV Creating Innovative Solutions; 14 Proposed Innovations for Dealing with Catastrophic Risks; 15 Winning the War against the Weather and Other Extreme Events; Abbreviations; Glossary; Notes; References Study Directors and Other Lead AuthorsIndex |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778066203321 |
Kunreuther Howard
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate policy and nonrenewable resources : the green paradox and beyond / / edited by Karen Pittel, Frederick van der Ploeg and Cees Withagen
| Climate policy and nonrenewable resources : the green paradox and beyond / / edited by Karen Pittel, Frederick van der Ploeg and Cees Withagen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.738/74561 |
| Collana | CESifo seminar series |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy
Nonrenewable natural resources Supply-side economics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics
ENVIRONMENT/Energy ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy |
| ISBN |
0-262-31984-5
0-262-31983-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Series Foreword; 1 The Green Paradox: A Mirage?; I Extraction Costs; 2 Supply-Side Climate Policy and the Green Paradox; 3 The Green Paradox as a Supply Phenomenon; II Technology, Innovation, and Substitutability; 4 The Green Paradox under Imperfect Substitutability between Clean and Dirty Fuels; 5 Fossil Fuels, Backstop Technologies, and Imperfect Substitution; 6 Innovation and the Green Paradox; 7 Resource Extraction and Backstop Technologies in General Equilibrium; III Timing, Announcement Effects, and Time Consistency; 8 Does a Future Rise in Carbon Taxes Harm the Climate?
9 The Impacts of Announcing and Delaying Green Policies10 Going Full Circle: Demand-Side Constraints to the Green Paradox; IV Empirics and Quantification; 11 Quantifying Intertemporal Emissions Leakage; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786746203321 |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Collision course : endless growth on a finite planet / / Kerryn Higgs
| Collision course : endless growth on a finite planet / / Kerryn Higgs |
| Autore | Higgs Kerryn <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic history - 1971-1990
Economic history - 1990- Economic development - Moral and ethical aspects Economic policy - Moral and ethical aspects Free enterprise Sustainable development |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/General
ECONOMICS/General ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics |
| ISBN |
0-262-32092-4
0-262-52969-6 0-262-32091-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; I Growth and Its Challengers; 1 Economic Growth: Origins; 2 Economic Growth: Perceptions; 3 The Limits to Growth Debate: Precursors and Beginnings; 4 The Limits to Growth and Its Critics; II Chasing Growth; 5 Growth and Consumerism; 6 The Rise of Free Market Fundamentalism; 7 "Development" and Globalization: Exporting Growth; 8 Growth and "Sustainable Development"; 9 Growth and Its Outcomes for the Poor; III Persuading the People; 10 Propaganda: "Business Finds Its Voice"; 11 Sleight of the Invisible Hand
12 The Free Market Assault on Environmental Science13 International Brakes on Environmental Priorities; IV In Conclusion; 14 The Limits to Growth after Forty Years; 15 Conclusion: The Planet and the Pie; Appendix: Selected Critics of Growth, 2013; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786894603321 |
Higgs Kerryn <1946->
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Confronting consumption / / edited by Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca
| Confronting consumption / / edited by Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PrincenThomas <1951->
ManiatesMichael ConcaKen |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumption (Economics) - Environmental aspects
Environmental policy Sustainable development |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/General
ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics |
| ISBN |
1-282-10006-8
9786612100062 0-262-28192-9 0-585-44265-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents ; Preface; 1 - Confronting Consumption ; I - The Consumption Angle; 2 - Consumption and Its Externalities: Where Economy Meets Ecology ; 3 - Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World?; 4 - Commoditization: Consumption Efficiency and an Economy of Care and Connection ; II - Chains of Consumption; 5 - Distancing: Consumption and the Severing of Feedback; 6 - Consumption and Environment in a Global Economy; 7 - The Distancing of Waste: Overconsumption in a Global Economy
8 - Environmentally Damaging Consumption: The Impact of American Markets on Tropical Ecosystems in the Twentieth CenturyIII - On the Ground ; 9 - In Search of Consumptive Resistance: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement ; 10 - Jamming Culture: Adbusters' Hip Media Campaign against Consumerism ; 11 - Think Globally, Transact Locally: The Local- Currency Movement and Green Political Economy ; 12 - Caveat Certificatum: The Case of Forest Certification ; 13 - Citizens or Consumers: The Home Power Movement as a New Practice of Technology ; 14 - Conclusion: To Confront Consumption ; Notes Contributors Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779831003321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The design of climate policy / / edited by Roger Guesnerie and Henry Tulkens
| The design of climate policy / / edited by Roger Guesnerie and Henry Tulkens |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (413 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.738/7456 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GuesnerieR
TulkensHenry |
| Collana | CESifo seminar series |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy
Climatic changes - Economic aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics
ENVIRONMENT/General |
| ISBN |
0-262-27450-7
1-4356-9987-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Series Foreword; Contributors; 1 Synopsis of the Book; I Design of Climate Institutions; 2 Improving on Kyoto; 3 The Design of Post-Kyoto Climate Schemes; 4 Design of Climate Change Policies; 5 Untying the Climate-Development Gordian Knot; II Stability of Outcomes; 6 Transfer Schemes and Institutional Changes for Sustainable Global Climate Treaties; 7 Parallel Climate Blocs; 8 Cooperation, Stability, and Self-enforcement in International Environmental Agreements; 9 Heterogeneity of Countries in Negotiations of International Environmental Agreements; III Policy Design
10 Economics versus Climate Change11 Economics versus Climate Change: A Comment; 12 Absolute versus Intensity Limits for CO2 Emission Control; 13 On Multi-period Allocation of Tradable Emission Permits; 14 Optimal Sequestration Policy with a Ceiling on the Stock of Carbon in the Atmosphere; IV Models and Policies; 15 Mind the Rate!; 16 Leakage from Climate Policies and Border-Tax Adjustment; 17 The Global Warming Potential Paradox; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782860603321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Double dividend : environmental taxes and fiscal reform in the United States / / Dale W. Jorgenson, Richard Goettle, Mun S. Ho, Peter Wilcoxen
| Double dividend : environmental taxes and fiscal reform in the United States / / Dale W. Jorgenson, Richard Goettle, Mun S. Ho, Peter Wilcoxen |
| Autore | Jorgenson Dale W (Dale Weldeau), <1933-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (639 p.) |
| Disciplina | 336.2/7833370973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental impact charges - United States
Taxation - United States Fiscal policy - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics
ECONOMICS/Public Economics |
| ISBN |
0-262-31857-1
0-262-31856-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Designing energy and environmental policies -- Structure of the intertemporal general equilibrium model -- Modeling consumer behavior -- Notes -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790836803321 |
Jorgenson Dale W (Dale Weldeau), <1933->
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2013] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The green paradox : a supply-side approach to global warming / / Hans-Werner Sinn
| The green paradox : a supply-side approach to global warming / / Hans-Werner Sinn |
| Autore | Sinn Hans-Werner |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 269 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 363.738/746 |
| Soggetto topico |
Carbon offsetting
Supply-side economics Global warming |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy |
| ISBN |
0-262-30058-3
1-283-44893-9 9786613448934 0-262-30136-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789900703321 |
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| Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The natural resources trap : private investment without public commitment / / edited by William Hogan and Federico Sturzenegger
| The natural resources trap : private investment without public commitment / / edited by William Hogan and Federico Sturzenegger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 519 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 333.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HoganWilliam W
SturzeneggerFederico |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural resources - Government policy
Natural resources - Law and legislation Investments, Foreign Public-private sector cooperation |
| Soggetto non controllato | ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics |
| ISBN |
0-262-31010-4
1-282-73699-X 9786612736995 0-262-27553-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785008203321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Political economy and instruments of environmental politics / / edited by Friedrich Schneider, Andrea Kollmann, and Johannes Reichl
| Political economy and instruments of environmental politics / / edited by Friedrich Schneider, Andrea Kollmann, and Johannes Reichl |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchneiderFriedrich
KollmannAndrea <1980-> ReichlJohannes <1979-> |
| Collana | CESifo seminar series |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - Economic aspects
Energy policy - Environmental aspects Environmental economics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/Political Economy
ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics |
| ISBN |
0-262-32974-3
0-262-32973-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Series Foreword; 1 Introduction; I Motivation; 2 From Theory to Practice; 3 The Political Economy of Climate Instruments; II Empirical Aspects; 4 How Trust in Governments Influences the Acceptance of Environmental Taxes; 5 Political Determinants of Fossil Fuel Pricing; 6 The Evolution of Renewable Energy Policy in OECD Countries; 7 Green Parties, Environmental Taxation, and International Trade; III Theoretical Aspects; 8 Policy Distortions due to Heterogeneous Beliefs; 9 The Impact of Domestic Policy Constraints on International Environmental Agreements
10 The Clean Development Mechanism, Stochastic Permit Prices, and Energy Investments11 Not In My Backyard Activism and Information; 12 Time-Consistent Climate Policies; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797421203321 |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Solar revolution : the economic transformation of the global energy industry / / Travis Bradford
| Solar revolution : the economic transformation of the global energy industry / / Travis Bradford |
| Autore | Bradford Travis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 238 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina | 333.792/3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Solar energy industries
Solar energy - Economic aspects Solar energy - Social aspects Power resources |
| Soggetto non controllato | ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics |
| ISBN |
0-262-26192-8
1-282-09751-2 9786612097515 0-262-26909-0 1-4294-7722-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784628103321 |
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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