Economics and the Environment
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Economics and the Environment
Goodstein, Eban S.
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
12/2007
528
Mole
Inglês
9780471763093
0471763098
15 a 20 dias
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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.
Preface. Introduction. Chapter 1. Four Economic Questions About Global Warming. PART I: HOW MUCH POLLUTION IS TOO MUCH? Chapter 2. Ethics and Economics. Chapter 3. Pollution and Resource Degradation as Externalities. Chapter 4. the Efficiency Standard. Chapter 5. the Safety Standard. Chapter 6. Sustainability: A Neoclassic View. Chapter 7. Sustainability: An Ecological View. Chapter 8. Measuring the Benefits of Environmental Protection. Chapter 9. Measuring the Costs of Environmental Protection. Chapter 10. Benefit-Cost in Practice: Implementing the Efficiency Standard. Chapter 11. Is More Really Better? Consumption and Welfare. PART II: IS GOVERNMENT UP TO THE JOB? Chapter 12. The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation. Chapter 13. An Overview of Environmental Legislation. Chapter 14. The Regulatory Record: Achievements and Obstacles. Chapter 15. Monitoring and Enforcement. PART III: HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? Chapter 16. Incentive-Based Regulation. Chapter 17. Incentive-Based Regulation: Practice. Chapter 18. Promoting Clean Technology: Theory. Chapter 19. Energy Policy and the Environment. PART IV: CAN WE RESOLVE GLOBAL ISSUES? Chapter 20. Poverty, Population, and the Environment. Chapter 21. Environmental Policy in Poor Countries. Chapter 22. The Economics of Global Agreements. Selected Websites. Author Index. Subject Index.
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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.
Preface. Introduction. Chapter 1. Four Economic Questions About Global Warming. PART I: HOW MUCH POLLUTION IS TOO MUCH? Chapter 2. Ethics and Economics. Chapter 3. Pollution and Resource Degradation as Externalities. Chapter 4. the Efficiency Standard. Chapter 5. the Safety Standard. Chapter 6. Sustainability: A Neoclassic View. Chapter 7. Sustainability: An Ecological View. Chapter 8. Measuring the Benefits of Environmental Protection. Chapter 9. Measuring the Costs of Environmental Protection. Chapter 10. Benefit-Cost in Practice: Implementing the Efficiency Standard. Chapter 11. Is More Really Better? Consumption and Welfare. PART II: IS GOVERNMENT UP TO THE JOB? Chapter 12. The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation. Chapter 13. An Overview of Environmental Legislation. Chapter 14. The Regulatory Record: Achievements and Obstacles. Chapter 15. Monitoring and Enforcement. PART III: HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? Chapter 16. Incentive-Based Regulation. Chapter 17. Incentive-Based Regulation: Practice. Chapter 18. Promoting Clean Technology: Theory. Chapter 19. Energy Policy and the Environment. PART IV: CAN WE RESOLVE GLOBAL ISSUES? Chapter 20. Poverty, Population, and the Environment. Chapter 21. Environmental Policy in Poor Countries. Chapter 22. The Economics of Global Agreements. Selected Websites. Author Index. Subject Index.
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