Economics and the environment

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Title:

Economics and the environment

Author:

Goodstein, Eban S., 1960-

ISBN:

9780471763093

Personal Author:

Goodstein, Eban S., 1960-

Edition:

5th ed.

Publication Information:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2008.

Physical Description:

512 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Four economic questions about global warming -- Pt. I. How much pollution is too much? -- Ch. 2. Ethics and economics -- Ch. 3. Pollution and resource degradation as externalities -- Ch. 4. The efficiency standard -- Ch. 5. The safety standard -- Ch. 6. Sustainability : a neoclassical view -- Ch. 7. Sustainability : an ecological view -- Ch. 8. Measuring the benefits of environmental protection -- Ch. 9. Measuring the costs of environmental protection -- Ch. 10. Benefit-cost in practice : implementing the efficiency standard -- Ch. 11. Is more really better? : consumption and welfare -- Pt. II. Is government up to the job? -- Ch. 12. The political economy of environmental regulation -- Ch. 13. An overview of environmental legislation -- Ch. 14. The regulatory record : achievements and obstacles -- Ch. 15. Monitoring and enforcement -- Pt. III. How can we do better? -- Ch. 16. Incentive-based regulation : theory -- Ch. 17. Incentive-based regulation : practice.

Ch. 18. Promoting clean technology : theory -- Ch. 19. Energy policy and the environment -- Pt. IV. Can we resolve global issues? -- Ch. 20. Poverty, population, and the environment -- Ch. 21. Environmental policy in poor countries -- Ch. 22. The economics of global agreements.

Subject Term:

Economic development -- Environmental aspects.

Electronic Access:

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Summary

In its fifth edition, Economics and the Environment provides a rigorous and comprehensive presentation of the "standard analysis," including the property-rights basis of environmental problems, efficient pollution control, benefit-estimation procedures, and incentive based procedures. Broader topics such as the ethical foundations of environmental economics, an introduction to ecological economics, a safety-based approach to controlling pollution, the economic critique of growth, the potential for government failure, the promotion of "clean technology," and opportunities for sustainable development in poor countries are all covered throughout the text.