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Environmental economics : an introduction / Barry C. Field, Martha K. Field.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2002.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xviii, 510 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0072429216 (alk. paper)
ISSN:
  • 9780072429213
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC79.E5 F47
Contents:
Sect. 1. Introduction. 1. What Is Environmental Economics? 2. The Economy and the Environment -- Sect. 2. Analytical Tools. 3. Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand. 4. Economic Efficiency and Markets. 5. The Economics of Environmental Quality -- Sect. 3. Environmental Analysis. 6. Frameworks of Analysis. 7. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits. 8. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs -- Sect. 4. Environmental Policy Analysis. 9. Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies. 10. Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action. 11. Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards. 12. Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies. 13. Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Sect. 1. Introduction. 1. What Is Environmental Economics? 2. The Economy and the Environment --
Sect. 2. Analytical Tools. 3. Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand. 4. Economic Efficiency and Markets. 5. The Economics of Environmental Quality --
Sect. 3. Environmental Analysis. 6. Frameworks of Analysis. 7. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits. 8. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs --
Sect. 4. Environmental Policy Analysis. 9. Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies. 10. Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action. 11. Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards. 12. Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies. 13. Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits.

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