Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Books |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-31135-7 |
| Title (Primary) | Concepts and instruments for a rational bioenergy policy: a new institutional economics approach |
| Author | Purkus, A. |
| Source Titel | Lecture Notes in Energy |
| Year | 2016 |
| Department | OEKON |
| Volume | 55 |
| Page To | XVII, 404 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Renewable energy resources; Energy policy; Energy and state; Climate change; Renewable energy sources; Alternate energy sources; Green energy industries; Evolutionary economics; Welfare economics; Environmental economics |
| UFZ wide themes | RU6; |
| UFZ inventory | Leipzig, Bibliothek, Hauptlesesaal, 00520256, 16-0766, DK: 620.19 Pur |
| Abstract | 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. 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. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=18229 |
| Purkus, A. (2016): Concepts and instruments for a rational bioenergy policy: a new institutional economics approach Lecture Notes in Energy 55 Springer International Publishing, Cham, XVII, 404 pp. 10.1007/978-3-319-31135-7 |
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