William Spangar Peirce

Economics of the Energy Industries (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A well-written and extremely informative book about our energy industries, their significance to the economy, and how economists analyze the problems associated with energy production and consumption. The reader with only a cursory knowledge of economic principles, as well as trained economists, will learn much from Peirce's incisive and sometimes acerbic examination of the coal, oil, natural gas, electric utility, nuclear power, and the alternative energy industries. Choice review of First Edition Economics of the Energy Industries, Second Edition, examines the industry, in general, and its component industries (petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear, and alternative fuels). Dr. William Peirce blends technical and historical information about the component industries and analyzes the mixture with economic tools. The text provides the reader with a combination of the analytical concepts, the historical and institutional background necessary to understand the role of energy in modern economies, and the issues involved in public policy related to energy. Dr. Peirce incorporates environmental issues as well as the current status of industry regulation in his thorough and completely revised edition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313369964
• Artikelnr.: 68206202

Autorenporträt

WILLIAM SPANGAR PEIRCE is Professor of Economics at Case Western Reserve. He is the author of Bureaucratic Failure and Public Expenditure(81) and co-author of hnological Progress and Industrial Leadership(84).

Inhaltsangabe

Figures and Tables Preface An Economic Approach: Measures and Analysis
Energy: An Economist's View Energy Flows Markets, Prices, and Efficiency
Energy and Economic Growth Guessing about Future Consumption and Production
The Extractive Industries Reserves and Resources The Economic Theory of the
Mine The Coal Industry The Oil Industry The Natural Gas Industry The Energy
Conversion Industries The Electric Utility Industry Nuclear Power Other
Sources of Energy Problems and Policies Health, Safety, and Environment
Government Policy Selected References Index