Economics and the Environment

Name: Economics and the Environment
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ISBN: 9780470561096

ISBN-10: 0470561092

ISBN-13: 9780470561096

Edition: 6th 2010

Authors: Eban S. Goodstein

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Economics and the Environment 6 th Edition, provides a rigorous and comprehensive presentation of the "standard analysis," including the property-rights basis of environmental problems, efficient pollution control, benefit-estimation procedures, and incentive based procedures. This book examines a broad range of topics in environmental and natural resource economics. It presents in-depth treatment of important issues at the cutting edge of environmental policy debates. The focus is on equipping readers with the tools necessary to analyze current environmental issues as an economist would. Broader topics such as the ethical foundations of environmental economics, an introduction to…

Book details

List price: $206.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.628



Introduction



Four Economic Questions about Global Warming



How Much Pollution Is Too Much?



Ethics and Economics



Pollution and Resource Degradation as Externalities



The Efficiency Standard



The Safety Standard



Sustainability: A Neoclassical View



Sustainability: An Ecological View



Measuring the Benefits of Environmental Protection



Measuring the Costs of Environmental Protection



Benefit-Cost in Practice: Implementing the Efficiency Standard



Is More Really Better? Consumption and Welfare



Is Government Up To The Job?



The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation



An Overview of Environmental Legislation



The Regulatory Record: Achievements and Obstacles



Monitoring and Enforcement



How Can We Do Better?



Incentive-Based Regulation: Theory



Incentive-Based Regulation: Practice



Promoting Clean Technology: Theory



Energy Policy and the Environment



Can We Resolve Global Issues?



Poverty, Population, and the Environment



Environmental Policy in Poor Countries



The Economics of Global Agreements