TY - BOOK ID - 4797012 TI - Designing Public Policies : An Approach Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis and Computable General Equilibrium Modeling AU - André, Francisco J AU - Cardenete, M Alejandro AU - Romero, Carlos AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2010 SN - 9783642121838 9783642121821 PB - Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg Imprint Springer DB - UniCat KW - Economics/Management Science. KW - Economic Policy. KW - Operation Research/Decision Theory. KW - Environmental Economics. KW - Microeconomics. KW - Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. KW - Economics. KW - Distribution (Probability theory). KW - Economic policy. KW - Environmental economics. KW - Operations research. KW - Economie politique KW - Distribution (Théorie des probabilités) KW - Politique économique KW - Micro-économie KW - Economie de l'environnement KW - Recherche opérationnelle KW - AA / International- internationaal KW - 331.31 KW - 355 KW - Economisch beleid. KW - Milieu KW - Computable general equilibrium models KW - Economic policy KW - Multiple criteria decision making KW - Policy sciences KW - Political planning KW - Planning in politics KW - Public policy KW - Policy-making KW - Policymaking KW - Public policy management KW - Decision making with multiple objectives KW - MCDM (Decision making) KW - Multiattribute decisions KW - Multicriteria decision analysis KW - Multicriteria decision making KW - Multicriteria decision making analysis KW - Multiobjective decision making KW - Multiple objective decision making KW - CGE models KW - Equilibrium models, Computable general KW - General equilibrium models, Computable KW - Mathematical models KW - Economisch beleid KW - Planning KW - Politics, Practical KW - Public administration KW - Decision making KW - Econometric models UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4797012 AB - This book presents a methodological approach for the joint design of economic and environmental policies. The starting point is the observation that, in practice, policy makers do not usually have a well-defined objective, but they are typically concerned about a number of economic and environmental indicators that conflict with each other. In view of this, policy making is addressed by combining two separate analytical approaches: multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) and computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling. The aim is to come up with a methodological framework for policy design which is both operational and consistent with economic theory. In short, this book offers a unified view of this novel approach, paying special attention to the connections between economic and environmental objectives. The methodological foundations are presented as well as some real applications that illustrate the pragmatic value of the theoretical proposal. ER -