Research Catalog

Title

Economics and the Environment [electronic resource]: A Survey of Issues and Policy Options / Jon Nicolaisen and Peter Hoeller

Author

Nicolaisen, Jon.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1990.

Details

Additional Authors

Hoeller, Peter.

Description

78 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

Concerns over the pace, scope and causes of environmental degradation have led to a renewed interest in the way environmental and economic policies interact. This paper first reviews the main causes for excessive use of environmental resources in a market economy, and how governments may conduct policies to counter environmental degradation. The focus of the paper then shifts towards the implications of economic growth on overall wealth and the possibilities for preserving or expanding the basis of this wealth, particularly in relation to the notion of sustainable development. Finally, it examines policy options for limiting global environmental problems such as climate change, in particular as regards the trade-offs involved in curbing the use of fossil fuels ...

Series Statement

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.82

Uniform Title

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.82.

Subject

Economics

LCCN

10.1787/658785422370

OCLC

oecd-lib-002920

Author

Nicolaisen, Jon.

Title

Economics and the Environment [electronic resource]: A Survey of Issues and Policy Options / Jon Nicolaisen and Peter Hoeller

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1990.

Series

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.82

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.82.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/658785422370

Indexed Term

Economics

Added Author

Hoeller, Peter.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/658785422370 doi