Overview
Every decision about energy involves its price and cost. The price of gasoline and the cost of buying from foreign producers; the price of nuclear and hydroelectric and the costs to our ecosystems; the price of electricity from coal-fired plants and the cost to the atmosphere. Giving life to inventions, lifestyle changes, geopolitical shifts, and other topics, Energy Economics is of interest to academia, corporations, and governments. This encyclopedia unifies these fields into a unique overview. The only reference work that codifies the relationships among energy economics, resource economics, and environmental economics. Nobel Prize Winning editor-in-chief (joint recipient 2007 Peace Prize), Jason Shogren, has demonstrated excellent team work again, by enabling his editorial board to produce a cohesive work that guides the user seamlessly through the diverse topics. This work contains in equal parts information from and about business, academic, and government perspectives and is intended to serve as a tool for unifying and systematizing research and analysis in business, universities, and government.
