The inaugural issue of "ECONOMICS OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY" (EEEP) has been published in January 2012. The new journal focuses on topics such as: objectives and instruments in climate policy, energy market design, infrastructure regulation and regulatory policy, competition policy, sustainability of energy systems, renewable energy policy, technology and innovation policy, taxation and fiscal policy issues, and others.

The Journal provides a scholarly and research-based, yet easily readable and accessible source of information on contemporary economic thinking. It offers novel analysis of energy and environmental policy issues. Each issue will contain original refereed articles, short notes, feature articles; plus commentaries and book reviews on energy and environmental economic topics, with a policy orientation.

The inaugural issue features articles by prominent experts and academics such as Nicholas Stern (London School of Economics), Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics), Stephen Littlechild (University of Birmingham), Henry Jacoby (MIT), Fatih Birol (International Energy Agency), David Newbery (University of Cambridge), Denny Ellerman (MIT, Loyola de Palacio Chair), Mark Finley (BP) and others. The EEEP first issue can be downloaded for free.

The EEEP, published twice a year in March and September by the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE: 4 000 members worldwide), is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary publication. Jean-Michel Glachant (FSR Director) is EEEP’s editor-in-chief of this new Journal, Paul L. Joskow (MIT and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, USA) and Michael Pollitt (Cambridge University, United Kingdom) are editors and Sophia Ruester (Team leader THINK at FSR) is Managing Editor.

The launch of this new Journal highlights the trend of the Florence School of Regulation’s activities; The School combines policy-oriented debate, training and applied research with top academic knowledge publications and aims at nurturing the dialogue between academics, industry and policy makers.

Quote by Jean-Michel Glachant

The Florence School of Regulation works for the European public interest. It successfully combines the independence of academia with the dynamism of actual decision making in regulation and public policy. The FSR and its sister Chair Loyola de Palacio are scientifically framed, socially responsible, and proud to contribute to the betterment of the European Union.

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