Technological change and environmental policy : a study of depletion in the oil and gas industry /

Managi, Shunsuke

Technological change and environmental policy : a study of depletion in the oil and gas industry / Shunsuke Managi. - Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2007. - ix, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - New horizons in environmental economics ; . - New horizons in environmental economics ; .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-199) and index.

Introduction -- Technology change and resource depletion -- Econometric analysis of production and exploration -- Environmental regulations and technological change : testing the Porter hypothesis -- Sector-specific contribution of innovations : exploration, development and production technologies -- Returns to pollution abatement and environmental Kuznets curve -- Direction of environmental technological change : pollution saving or cost saving? -- Alternative technology indexes -- Forecasting energy supply and pollution -- Conclusion.

9781847204714 (hbk.) 1847204716 (hbk.)

2007012776


Technological innovations--Environmental aspects
Environmental policy--Economic aspects
Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy

HC79T4 / M266T 2007

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