Macroeconomics and the environment
Subtitle: essays on green accounting
By: Salah El Serafy, formerly of the World Bank, USA
Series: Advances in ecological economics
Publisher: Edward Elgar; Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cheltenham; Northamption, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781781007358; 9781781007365
Subjects: Environmental economics; Macroeconomics
Description: Though scientists and environmentalists have long expressed concern over the rapid deterioration of the global environment, economists have largely failed to recognize the issues relevance to their field. Salah El Serafy argues for an increased focus on the economic aspects of environmental degradation, calling for a fundamental shift in how economists measure and discuss national income.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Concepts of income and capital; title: The user cost and its detractors; title: Methodological tools; title: Policy matters; title: Conclusion.