Macroeconomics and the environment
El Serafy, Salah.
Macroeconomics and the environment essays on green accounting / [electronic resource] : Salah El Serafy. - Northampton, Mass. : E. Elgar Pub., 2013. - 1 online resource (xvi, 380 p.) - Advances in ecological economics series . - Advances in ecological economics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Concepts of income and capital -- pt. 3. The user cost and its detractors -- pt. 4. Methodological tools -- pt. 5. Policy matters -- pt. 6. Conclusion.
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.
9781781007365 (e-book)
2012946682
Environmental economics.
Natural resources--Accounting.
Electronic books.
HC79.E5 / E47 2013
Macroeconomics and the environment essays on green accounting / [electronic resource] : Salah El Serafy. - Northampton, Mass. : E. Elgar Pub., 2013. - 1 online resource (xvi, 380 p.) - Advances in ecological economics series . - Advances in ecological economics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Concepts of income and capital -- pt. 3. The user cost and its detractors -- pt. 4. Methodological tools -- pt. 5. Policy matters -- pt. 6. Conclusion.
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.
9781781007365 (e-book)
2012946682
Environmental economics.
Natural resources--Accounting.
Electronic books.
HC79.E5 / E47 2013