Environmental Economics : An Introduction

Field, Martha K., Field, Barry C.

ISBN 10: 0073137510 / ISBN 13: 9780073137513

Editore: McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 2005

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• Titolo: Environmental Economics : An Introduction
• Editore: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0073137510
• ISBN 13: 9780073137513
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Edizione: 4th Edition.
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

Twenty-one chapters covering Cost and Benefits of Environmental Policy, Environmental Analysis, Policy Analysis, US Policy (Air Pollution, Toxic Wastes, State and Local Issues), and International Environmental Issues.

Contenuti

Field – Environmental Economics: An Introduction, 4/e(0073137510)

Contents in Brief

Section 1 – Introduction

1 What is Environmental Economics?

2 The Economy and the Environment

Section 2 – Analytical Tools

3 Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand

4 Economic Efficiency and Markets

5 The Economics of Environmental Quality

Section 3 – Environmental Analysis

6 Frameworks of Analysis

7 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits

8 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs

Section 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

Section 5 – Environmental Policy in the United States

14 Federal Water Pollution – Control Policy

15 Federal Air Pollution – Control Policy

16 Federal Policy on Toxic and Hazardous Substances

17 State and Local Environmental Issues

Section 6 – International Environmental Issues

18 Comparative Environmental Policies

19 Economic Development and the Environment

20 The Global Environment

21 International Environmental Agreements

Appendix: Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in the Book

Name Index

Subject Index