Theory of Environmental Policy

Name: Theory of Environmental Policy
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ISBN: 9780521311120

ISBN-10: 0521311128

ISBN-13: 9780521311120

Edition: 2nd 1988 (Revised)

Authors: William J. Baumol, Wallace E. Oates

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Book details

List price: $54.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/26/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface to the second edition


Preface to the first edition



Introduction: economic and environmental policy



On The Theory of Externalities



Relevance and the theory of externalities



Externalities: definition, significant types, and optimal-pricing conditions



Externalities: formal analysis



Uncertainty and the choice of policy instruments: price or quantity controls?



Market imperfections and the number of participants



Are competitive outputs with detrimental externalities necessarily excessive?



Detrimental externalities and nonconvexities in the production set



On optimal pricing of exhaustible resources



On The Design of Environmental Policy



Introduction to Part II



Efficiency without optimality: the charges and standards approach



Marketable emission permits for protection of the environment



Stochastic influences, direct controls, and taxes



Taxes versus subsidies: a partial analysis



Environmental protection and the distribution of income



International environmental issues



national or local standards for environmental quality?


Index