Overview

This book deals with the increasingly complex issues of eco-innovation. Eco-innovation is becoming a conceptual reference point for many regional and international public policies and management strategies. Since 2000, this field of research has been focusing on environmental innovation, particularly related to the intensity of emissions, and economic performance and efficiency. There are two reasons for this growing interest. The first is that environmental performance is one of the main economic policy goals of European countries thanks to its relevance to the Lisbon Strategy and the Goteborg priorities for sustainable development. The second, which is partly linked to the first, is related to the growing impact of environmental regulation on private sector activity in many European countries. This volume brings together microeconomics studies on firms' eco and economic performance both in the industrial and service sector; by considering a sector based perspective rooted mainly in the exploitation of NAMEA data; at regional level, and a macroeconomic analysis of the environment, income and welfare. This collection brings together the best of recent research in the area of eco-innovation and in its entirety is an excellent source of knowledge for postgraduates and researchers students of Environmental and Ecological Economics alike. As well as fully developing the theoretical aspects of its topics, these essays are also strongly policy-oriented and will be of interest to anyone seeking information an applied perspective.

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Author:   Anna Montini (University of Bologna, Italy) ,  Massimiliano Mazzanti
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   25
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780415478526

ISBN 10:   0415478529
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   24 June 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Environmental Innovation, Firms’ Economic Performances and Policy Drivers 1. Environmental Innovation Drivers and Economic Performance in Industrial Systems 2. The Dynamic Relationship between Emissions and Manufacturing Firm’s Growth 3. Environmentally-Oriented Strategies and Firm Performance in Services 4. An Early Assessment of the Influence on Eco-Innovation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Evidence from the Italian Paper Industry Part 2: Environmental Efficiency and Sector Performances 5. Emissions Trends and Labour Productivity Dynamics 6. Production-Related Air Emissions: A Decomposition Analysis for Italy 7. Regional and Sector Environmental Efficiency: Empirical Evidence using the Italian RAMEA 8. Biofuels Public Support and Technological Specialization in the Energy Sector 9. Environmental Impacts of Personal Mobility: Exploring an Austrian EKC Part 3: Economic Growth, Environmental Degradation and Policies 10. Reconsidering the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: The Trade Off between Environment and Welfare 11. Environmental Degradation, Economic Growth and Welfare: The Role of Self-Protection Choices 12. Carbon Kuznets Curves: Long-Run Dynamics and Policy Events 13. The EU ETS: CO2 Price Drivers During the Learning Experience

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Massimiliano Mazzanti is Associate Professor in Environmental Economics at the University of Ferrara, Italy. Anna Montini is Assistant Professor in Economics and Environmental Economics at the University of Bologna, Italy.

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