Environmental economics in theory and practice

By: Hanley, NickContributor(s): White, Ben | Shogren, Jason FMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave texts in economicsPublication details: Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002Description: XV, 464 S. : graph. DarstISBN: 9780333582367; 0333582365 Subject(s): Environmental economicsDDC classification: 333.7
Contents:
Introduction - The Economy and the Environment: Two Parts of a Whole Technical Note: Game Theory - Market Failure - Economic Incentives for Environmental Protection: An Overview - Technical Note: Mathematical Programming - Pollution Taxes for the Efficient Control of Pollution -Tradeable Pollution Permits - Transboundary Pollution Problems - An Introduction to Comparative Dynamics and the Economics of Natural Resource Exploitation - Natural Resources: Types, Classification and Scarcity - An Economic Analysis of Nonrenewable Natural Resources - Renewable Resource Economics - The Economics of Forestry Exploitation - The Theory of Nonmarket Valuation - Methods for Valuing Environmental Costs and Benefits - The Economics of Sustainable Development
Summary: This work offers a review and discussion of environmental economics theory with an appreciation of empirical problems. Particular emphasis is placed on analyzing up-to-date studies from all over the world, and each chapter develops the main theoretical results to help understand the applications
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Includes index

Introduction - The Economy and the Environment: Two Parts of a Whole Technical Note: Game Theory - Market Failure - Economic Incentives for Environmental Protection: An Overview - Technical Note: Mathematical Programming - Pollution Taxes for the Efficient Control of Pollution -Tradeable Pollution Permits - Transboundary Pollution Problems - An Introduction to Comparative Dynamics and the Economics of Natural Resource Exploitation - Natural Resources: Types, Classification and Scarcity - An Economic Analysis of Nonrenewable Natural Resources - Renewable Resource Economics - The Economics of Forestry Exploitation - The Theory of Nonmarket Valuation - Methods for Valuing Environmental Costs and Benefits - The Economics of Sustainable Development

This work offers a review and discussion of environmental economics theory with an appreciation of empirical problems. Particular emphasis is placed on analyzing up-to-date studies from all over the world, and each chapter develops the main theoretical results to help understand the applications

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