Research Catalog

Title

Environmental economics : an introduction / Barry C. Field.

Author

Field, Barry C.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1997.

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Details

Description

xvii, 490 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Balancing theory, policy and real-world results, this text aims to offer comprehensive coverage of global and US policy options.

Subject

• Environmental economics
• Economic development > Environmental aspects
• Umweltökonomie
• Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Sec. I. Introduction. 1. What is environmental economics? 2. The economy and the environment. -- sec. II. Analytical tools. 3. Benefits and costs, supply and demand. 4. Economic efficiency and markets. 5. The economics of environmental quality. -- sec. III. Environmental analysis. 6. Framework of analysis. 7. Benefit-cost analysis: benefits. 8. Benefit-cost analysis: costs. -- sec. IV. 9 Criteria for evaluating environmental policies. 10. Decentralized policies: liability laws, property rights, moral suasion. 11. Command-and control strategies: the case of standards. 13. Incentive-based strategies: emission charges and subsidies. 14. Incentive-based strategies: transferable discharge permits. -- sec. V. 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. -- sec. VI. International environmental issues. 18. Environmental issues in other industrialized countries. 19. Economic development and the environment. 20. The global environment. 21. International environmental agreements.

ISBN

• 0070214980
• 9780070214989
• 0071152733
• 9780071152730

LCCN

96008643

OCLC

• ocm34691241
• 34691241
• SCSB-927791

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library