Concepts and Instruments for a Rational Bioenergy Policy - A New Institutional Economics Approach

This book provides an in-depth economic analysis of the challenges associated with bioenergy use and production. Drawing on New Institutional Economics and the theory of economic policy, it develops theory-based recommendations for a bioenergy policy that strives for efficiency and sustainability. Further, it shows how to deal with diverse uncertainties and constraints, such as institutional path dependencies, transaction costs, multiple and conflicting policy aims, and interacting market failures, while also applying the resulting theoretical insights to a case study analysis of Germany's bioenergy policy. As such, the book aims to bridge the gap between practical bioenergy policymaking on the one hand, and neoclassical theory-based concepts that strictly focus on a minimization of greenhouse gas mitigation costs on the other.             

List of contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Allocative Challenges of Bioenergy Use.- 3 Implications of Economic Theory for Bioenergy Policy Design.- 4 The Case of German Bioenergy Policy.- 5 Towards a Rational Bioenergy Policy Concept.- 6 Conclusion.- References.      

About the author

Alexandra Purkus is an economic researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ. She holds a Diploma in Economics with an Environmental Focus from the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany, and a Master of Science by Research in Global Environmental Change from the University of Edinburgh, UK. At the UFZ, Alexandra Purkus wrote her doctoral thesis as part of an interdisciplinary working group on bioenergy systems analysis, in cooperation with the Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ) and the University of Leipzig. Currently, her research focuses on renewable energy policy design and governance challenges of transitioning to a bioeconomy.      

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Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Purkus
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319809724
• ISBN: 978-3-31-980972-4
• No. of pages: 404
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 22 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 646 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 404 p. 18 illus., 6 illus. in color.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy; Lecture Notes in Energy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; B, Climate Change, Economics, ENERGY, The environment, Economic theory & philosophy, Environmental Economics, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Welfare economics, Energy technology & engineering, Renewable and Green Energy, Energy Policy, Management science, Energy industries & utilities, Earth System Sciences, Renewable energy resources, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Energy and state, Climate Change Management and Policy, Microeconomics, Heterodox Economics, Institutional/Evolutionary Economics, Evolutionary economics