Special Issue of "Resource and Energy Economics"

A special issue of "Resource and Energy Economics" (editors Sjak Smulders and Lucas Bretschger) will be devoted to the SURED 2008 conference in Ascona, Switzerland. The issue will contain a selection of 7-8 papers of the conference (keynote lectures and contributed papers)

The selection will be based on the following criteria:

• The topic of the paper should be close to the theme of the conference, that is sustainable resource use and economic dynamics. We expect the papers to have a dynamic model (either theoretical or empirical), in which natural resources and/or pollution play and essential role. Also, the consequences of resource use and pollution for economic development should be addressed.
• The normal quality standards of Resource and Energy Economics apply. The usual refereeing process will be followed. Papers need to make a substantial, novel and relevant contribution.

Special issues devoted to past conferences

• A special issue of "Environment and Development Economics" (editors Lucas Bretschger and Karen Pittel) is devoted to the SURED 2006. The issue will be published soon.

• A special issue of "Environmental and Resource Economics" (2007, Vol. 36 (1); editors Lucas Bretschger and Sjak Smulders) is devoted to the SURED 2004 conference, see here.

• A book on the SURED 2004 conference edited by Lucas Bretschger and Sjak Smulders is published by Springer in the Series: The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources. It is entitled "Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics".