Environmental Economics

Name: Environmental Economics
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ISBN: 9780073375762

ISBN-10: 0073375764

ISBN-13: 9780073375762

Edition: 5th 2009

Authors: Barry Field, Martha K. Field

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Environmental Economics is an introduction to the basic principles of environmental economics as they have been developed in the past and as they continue to evolve. The examples discussed in this textbook represent only a sample of the full range of issues that actually exists. For this reason, the Fifth Edition sticks to the basic ideas and ways that environmental economists have found to make the basic concepts and models more specific and relevant to concrete environmental issues. The basic structure and sequence of chapters are unchanged but contains new and updated material that reflects the new research efforts by environmental economists over the last few years.

Book details

List price: $174.67
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 9/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English




Introduction



What is Environmental Economics



The Economy and the Environment



Analytical Tools



Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand



Economic Efficiency and Markets



The Economics of Environmental Quality



Environmental Analysis



Frameworks of Analysis



Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits



Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs



Environmental Policy Analysis



Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies



Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action



Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards



Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies



Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits



Environmental Policy in the United States



Federal Water Pollution-Control Policy



Federal Air Pollution Control Policy



Federal Polity on Toxic and Hazardous Substances



State and Local Environmental Issues



International Environmental Issues



Comparative Environmental Policies



Economic Development and the Environment



The Global Environment



International Environmental Agreements


Appendix


Abbreviations and Acronyms used in the book