Green Accounting Bibliography: January 2003
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Weitzman, Martin L. Income, Wealth, and the Maximum Principle. Harvard University Press, 2003. [table of contents; order book]
From the publisher: This compact and original exposition of optimal control theory and applications is designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in economics. It presents a new elementary yet rigorous proof of the maximum principle and a new way of applying the principle that will enable students to solve any one-dimensional problem routinely. Its unified framework illuminates many famous economic examples and models.
This work also emphasizes the connection between optimal control theory and the classical themes of capital theory. It offers a fresh approach to fundamental questions such as: What is income? How should it be measured? What is its relation to wealth?
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Bartelmus, Peter; Seifert, Eberhard (Eds.). Green Accounting. The International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy Series, Ashgate Publishing, 2003. [table of contents; order book]
From the publisher: Our cherished economic indicators of income, product, consumption and capital fail in taking a long-term view of social progress. They do not account for environmental deterioration, which impairs the quality of life of present and future generations, and hence the sustainability of development. 'Greening' the conventional national (and corporate) accounts introduces environmental impacts and costs into these accounts and balances. The result is a new compass for steering the economy towards sustainability, which may change not only our main measures of economic performance but also the basic tenets of environmental and resource policies.
The book presents path breaking methodological advances and case studies of environmental accounting, and discusses their use in environmental management and policies. In their introduction, the editors provide a critical perspective of historical developments and current debates. For them, green accounting is the best available tool for defining and assessing the environmental dimension of sustainable development. The sustainability of the paradigm may depend on it.
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