Böcker av Pablo Del Río

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the concept of the Circular Economy (CE), as well as an assessment of the drivers and barriers for circular practices by firms, and its implications for managers in firms and public policy makers. It includes proposals for policy frameworks and instruments that will encourage the uptake of CE practices. The book is presented in three linked parts. The first part of the book provides a broad view of the topic, put into the wider context of sustainability. In the second part, the drivers of and barriers to the uptake of the CE are analysed, with a special focus on the micro-level not seen often in the previous studies on the CE. This book is of interest to researchers, policy makers and post-graduate students in areas such as environmental management and economics.

International trade has become the main way to allocate goods and services in a globalised World. This World is menaced by an ecological crisis whose origins are based on the negative impacts of economic activity on the environment. The economic literature has define, even if not on a univocal way, the impacts of free trade on the environment. On the base of a revision of these works, the present work aims to inquire into the necessity of implementing an environmental regulation of international trade analysing then, the perception that world economy policy makers have on this problem. The study is closed with a discussion about international trade policy in a context in which there is a lack of regulatory and institutional frameworks to coordinate economic policy in the areas of trade, environment and development, even if this may be imperative to reach, in a global dimension, the preservation of ecological assets.