Description
Over the past three decades, environmental policies have become central instruments of economic governance as governments respond to climate change, environmental degradation, and increasing resource scarcity. Policy tools such as carbon pricing, emissions standards, green subsidies, and conservation regulations have expanded rapidly in scope and ambition at both national and international levels. While these instruments are primarily designed to achieve ecological objectives, a growing body of research demonstrates that their consequences extend well beyond environmental outcomes, generating complex and interconnected economic, financial, and institutional effects.
The Ripple Effects of Environmental Policies: Economic, Financial, and Institutional Perspectives responds to the need for a systematic and interdisciplinary examination of how environmental policies interact with economic systems, financial structures, and institutional arrangements at national and global scales. By integrating insights from environmental economics, finance, public policy, and institutional analysis, it provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how environmental interventions propagate through economies and societies. Covering topics such as capital reallocation, healthcare financing, and renewable energy, this book is an excellent resource for academicians, researchers, graduate and postgraduate students, policymakers, government officials, financial market professionals, and more.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Mohieddine Rahmouni (Ed.)
Dr.
Mohieddine Rahmouni
, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Applied College, King Faisal University (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia), and at the High School of Economic and Commercial Sciences of Tunis (ESSECT), University of Tunis, Tunisia. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics through a joint doctoral program between the University of Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (now the University of Bordeaux), France, and the University of Tunis. His research lies at the intersection of innovation economics, applied econometrics, productivity analysis, and industrial dynamics, with a particular focus on economic development and structural transformation in emerging economies. Dr. Rahmouni’s scholarly work has been published in reputable international journals such as Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, the Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, and the International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management. His research explores the role of external knowledge sources, the determinants of innovation performance, and the policy mechanisms that influence firm-level productivity and competitiveness. Through rigorous empirical analysis, he contributes to advancing the understanding of how innovation systems and policy frameworks shape economic growth and industrial development in transitioning and emerging markets.