Luca Lambertini

Oligopoly, the Environment and Natural Resources

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Industrial production and consumption patterns rely heavily on the intensive use of both renewable and non-renewable resources and the consequences for the environment can be serious. Following a long period of time where the profit incentives of firms have prevailed over preservation of the environment and the world's natural resources, a new consensus has emerged concerning the need to regulate firm behaviour, aimed at ensuring the sustainability of the economic system in the long run. This book offers an exhaustive overview of current economic debate about these topics, taking modern oligopoly theory as a benchmark.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781138904651
• ISBN-10: 1138904651
• Artikelnr.: 41886498

Autorenporträt

Luca Lambertini is Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: A Tragedy of Commons 2. Oligopoly, Pigouvian taxation and
pollution permits 3. Mergers, vertical relations and collusion 4.
Environmental Quality, Quality, Standards, and the Porter hypothesis 5.
Mixed oligopoly and corporate social responsibility 6. Consumer
environmental awareness 7. International trade 8. Dynamic games I: the
environment 9. Dynamic games II: natural resources 10. Appendix: Elements
of optimal control and differential game theory