Sustainability is a fairly old concept, born in the 18th century in the field of forestry, within a mono-functionality perspective. The concept has considerably evolved in the last few years towards a multi-functionality context, with applications reported in practically all areas of economic...

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...

Multiple Criteria Decision Making and its Applications to Economic Problems ties Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM)/Multiple Objective Optimization (MO) and economics together. It describes how MCDM methods (goal programming) can be used in economics. The volume consists of two parts. Part...

General Framework: Policy Making as a Problem with Multiple Criteria -- Economic Policy Using Applied General Equilibrium Models: An Overview -- Basic Aspects of the Multiple Criteria Decision Making Paradigm -- Multicriteria Economic Policies: General Ideas and Some Previous Experiences --...