Ignazio Musu

National Accounts and the Environment - Economics, Energy and Environment Ignazio Musu Rev English edition

Marc Notes: Revised English ed.; Rev. ed. of: Ambiente e contabilita nazionale. c1993.; Includes bibliographical references. Table of Contents: Preface to the English Edition; D. Siniscalco. Introduction; I. Musu, D. Siniscalco. Part One: Fundamental Concepts for the Development of a System of Environmental Accounts by ISTAT. 1. First Report of the Commission ISTAT-Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei for the Study of a System of Environmental Accounting; C. Costantino. Part Two: Contributions towards an Environmental Accounting System. 2. Environmental Accounting: Introductory Remarks; I. Musu, D. Siniscalco. 3. Environmental Accounting: Problems and Proposals; G. Sammarco. 4. Environmental Accounting Policy: a Theoretical Framework; A. Beltratti. 5. The Input-Output System Extended to Environmental Accounting; M. Lo Cascio, M. R. Virdis. 6. Proposal for a General Approach for the Development of a System of Environmental Accounts by ISTAT; C. Costantino. 7. Information Bases for Environmental Policies; E. Gerelli, V. Patrizii. Part Three: International Experiences of Environmental Accounting. 8. A Methodological and Operative Analysis of the Most Recent Developments in Environmental Accounting in the EEC, the UN and the OECD; C. Costantino. 9. Elements of Environmental Accounting in Some European Countries - a Methodological and Operational Analysis: the Cases of France, Germany and the Netherlands; C. Costantino. 10. Environmental Accounting and Environmental Policy: the Case of Norway; A. Nese. Part Four: Basic Statistical Information: Some Experience. 11. An Inventory of Atmospheric Pollution Emission in Italy: Structure and Evolutionary Development; D. Gaudioso, et al. 12. An Estimate of Environmental Defensive Expenditures; R. Cullino. 13. Data Banks on Environmental Information Services; L. Sabatini. 14. The Environmental Budget of the Firm; R. Cullino, G. Sammarco. Appendix: Forum on Environmental Reporting: Company Environmental Reports.

Contributor Bio:  Siniscalco, Domenico Bernardo Bortolotti is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Turin. He obtained a PhD in economics from the Catholic University of Louvain, and a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Siena. He is co-ordinator of the research unit 'Privatization, Regulation, Antitrust' atFondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan. His research interests are in privatization, regulation, corporate governance, and auction theory. His work has been published in several international journals, such as the Journal of Public Economics, the International Review of Finance, and TelecommunicationPolicy. In 2002 he was made Secretary of the Italian Global Advisory Committee on Privatization. Domenico Siniscalco is the Director General of the Treasury of the Italian Ministry of Economics and Finance. He is Professor of Economics at the University of Turin and former Managing Director ofFondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. He obtained a PhD in Economics from Cambridge University. He has published extensively in refereed journals in the fields of applied microeconomics, game theory, industrial organization, environmental economics, privatization, and corporate governance. He has sat on theBoards of several privatized companies.