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Economics and the environment

Title
Economics and the environment / Eban S. Goodstein.
Author
Goodstein, Eban S., 1960-
Publication
Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall, ©1995.

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Book/TextUse in library HD75.6 .G66 1995Off-site

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Description
xvi, 575 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Economic development > Environmental aspects
  • Economic development > Environmental aspects
  • Umweltschutz
  • Umweltökonomie
  • Wirtschaft
  • Milieueconomie
  • Desenvolvimento economico
  • Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
1. Four Economic Questions About Global Warming -- 2. Ethics and Economics -- 3. Pollution As an Externality -- 4. The Efficiency Standard -- 5. Future Generations, Dynamic Efficiency, and Sustainability -- 6. Measuring the Benefits of Environmental Protection -- 7. Measuring the Costs of Environmental Protection -- 8. Benefit-Cost in Practice: Implementing the Efficiency Standard -- 9. Is More Really Better? Growth and Welfare -- 10. The Safety Standard -- 11. The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation -- 12. An Overview of Environmental Legislation -- 13. Monitoring and Enforcement -- 14. Incentive-Based Regulation: Theory -- 15. Incentive-Based Regulation: Practice -- 16. Promoting Clean Technology: Theory -- 17. Promoting Clean Technology: Practice -- 18. Energy Policy and the Environment -- 19. The Environment, Development, and Poverty -- 20. Population Pressure and Consumption Growth -- 21. Environmental Policy in Poor Countries -- 22. The Economics of Global Agreements -- T1. The Importance of Being Convex -- T2. Imperfect Regulation in an Uncertain World -- T3. Input-Output Models and Life-Cycle Analysis -- T4. Incentive-Compatible Regulation.
ISBN
  • 0130887668
  • 9780130887665
LCCN
  • 94031699
  • ZBWT00654953
OCLC
  • ocm30914823
  • 30914823
  • SCSB-2056553
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library