Environmental Economics: Instructor's Manual
An Introduction
Published on 1. October 1993
Book
498 pages
978-0-07-020798-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is the instructor's manual for the book "Environmental Economics". The main text is as an introduction to a fast-growing area of economics for economists and non-specialists. It requires no prerequisites and includes the necessary economic concepts (at a principles level) to use the book effectively. Field presents a focused, technically accurate, and carefully illustrated survey of environmental economics devoted to the issues and policy choices facing not only the US, but also those of global importance, with four full chapters dedicated to international coverage. There are comprehensive learning aids including brief summaries, questions for further discussion, and news clippings relating the text to current real world concerns.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-020798-1 (9780070207981)
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Content
Part 1 Introductorn: What is Environmental Economics?; The Economy and the Environment. Part 2 Analytical Tools: Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand; Economic Efficiency and Markets; The Economics of Environmental Quality. Part 3 Environmental Analysis: Frameworks of Analysis; Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits; Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs. Part 4 Environmental Policy Analysis: Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies; Decentralised Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Moral Suasion; Command and Control Strategies, The Case of Standards; Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Taxes and Subsidies; Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits. Part 5 Environmental Policy in the United States; Federal Water Pollution Control Strategy; Federal Air Pollution Control Policy; Federal Policy of Toxic and Hazardous Substances; State and Local Environmental Issues. Part 6 International Environmental Issues: Environmental Policies in Other Industrialised Countries; Economic Development and the Environment; The Global Environment; International Environmental Agreements.