Economics and the Environment

Name: Economics and the Environment
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ISBN: 9780471763093

ISBN-10: 0471763098

ISBN-13: 9780471763093

Edition: 5th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Eban S. Goodstein

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In its fifth edition, Economics and the Environment 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. Broader topics such as the ethical foundations of environmental economics, an introduction to ecological economics, a safety-based approach to controlling pollution, the economic critique of growth, the potential for government failure, the promotion of "clean technology," and opportunities for sustainable development in poor countries are all covered throughout the text.

Book details

List price: $179.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Preface


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 Neoclassic 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



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


Selected Websites


Author Index


Subject Index