Government And The Environment: The Role Of The Modern State In The Face Of Global Challenges (Routledge Explorations In Environmental Economics)

This book provides an inquiry into the economic role of government in the 21st century. Its focus is on direct collective (political) action and the design of good systems of incentives; both of which are needed to face the challenges of taking care of global public goods and externalities primarily associated, today more than ever, with environmental degradation and resource overutilization. The result is a critical presentation/discussion of a selection of current theoretical and empirical issues in areas of the real economy requiring ...

• | Author: Laura Castellucci
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jun 05, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 186 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0415633540
• | ISBN-13: 9780415633543