Internationalization of the Economy and Environmental Policy Options

I Internationalization, Trade, FDI and the Environment.- A. Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution: Problem and Policy Options in Europe.- B. Environmental Regulation, Multinational Companies and International Competitiveness.- C. Economic Globalization, FDI, Environment and Employment.- D. Trade Neutrality of National Environmental Policy: Some Theoretical Considerations and Simulation Results for Switzerland.- E. World Economic Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol.- F. Panel Discussion: Sustainability and New Economic Policy Options.- II Environmental Policy Options in a Globalized World.- G. The Economics of the Kyoto Protocol.- H. Innovation-Augmented Ecological Tax Reform: Theory, Model Simulation and New Policy Implications.- I. Greening the National Accounts - Approach and Policy Use.- J. Do Environmental Taxes and Standards Induce Innovation?.- K. CO2 - Taxes, Growth, Labor Market Effects and Structural Change - An Empirical Analysis.- L. Environmental Problems in the Single EU Market: Developments, Theory and New Policy Options.- M. Economic Growth and Environmental Problems in China.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- List of Contributors.

Paul J. J. Welfens, geb. 1957 in Düren, Studium der Volkswirtschaftslehre in Wuppertal, Duisburg und Paris, Promotion 1985, Habilitation1989. Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Schwerpunkt Makroökonomische Theorie und Politik an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal; Präsident des Europäischen Instituts für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (EIIW); Jean-Monnet-Professor für Europäische Wirtschaftsintegration; zuvor Distinguished Research Fellow am AICGS/The Johns Hopkins University, Professor an der Universität Münster bzw. Potsdam, Visiting Alfred Grosser Professor Sciences Po, Paris.