The scope of this Topical Issue includes two main research areas – Environmental Economics and Energy Economics. We are looking for both research and review articles about economic aspects of changing the natural environment (especially economic effects of climate change and natural disasters) as well as energy economics, that includes studies on energy efficiency, renewable resources and more.

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The scope of this Topical Issue includes two main research areas – Environmental Economics and Energy Economics. We are looking for both research and review articles about economic aspects of changing the natural environment (especially economic effects of climate change and natural disasters) as well as energy economics, that includes studies on energy efficiency, renewable resources and more.

Open Economics is a cross-disciplinary, single-blind peer-reviewed journal that presents original research on all areas of Economics. Open Economics is particularly interested in disseminating the intellectual efforts of the global academic economics community.

The scope of the Topical Issue includes, but is not limited to the following areas of research:

• Environmental policy
• Natural resource conservation
• Renewable resources – economics and policy
• Decarbonization policy
• Climate change and policy
• Climate change adaptation
• Natural disaster resilience 
• Energy markets and infrastructure
• Energy efficiency and innovation
• Environmental pollution and consequences of environmental degradation
• Pollution-related health issues and their social and economic implications
• Sustainable urban development
• Economic aspects of sustainable agriculture
• Economic aspects of environmental innovation and technology

Submission guidelines

The language of publication is English. Manuscripts can now be submitted directly to our on-line Editorial Manager submission system (https://www.editorialmanager.com/economics/).

Deadline for the Topical Issue is July 2017.

In specific cases, the deadline may be extended.

Please remember about choosing correct Article Type – Research Article - TI: Developments in Environmental and Energy Economics or Review Article - TI: Developments in Environmental and Energy Economics to ensure that it will be processed with the highest priority.

The manuscripts submitted in response to this invitation will be processed with the highest priority, and all accepted papers will be immediately made available on-line. For more information, please have a look at our Instructions for Authors.

See full list of the Editorial and Advisory team and other information here: www.degruyter.com/view/j/openec

Scientific editor

• Prof. Friedrich Schneider, professor of economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.