Environmental Economics (4TH 06 - Old Edition)

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