Environmental Economics
3rd Edition
Published on 16. September 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-07-242921-3 (ISBN)
Description
Barry Field's Environmental Economics, 3e, examines all the facets of the connection between environmental quality and the economic behavior of individuals and groups of people. The book contains 21 chapters covering Cost and Benefits of Environmental Policy, Environmental Analysis, Policy Analysis, US Policy (Air Pollution, Toxic Wastes, State and Local Issues), and International Environmental Issues. Barry Field's other text with McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Natural Resource Economics ( (c)2001), may be packaged with Environmental Economics, 3e, at a discount.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-242921-3 (9780072429213)
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Person
Barry C. Field is Professor of Resource Economics at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Previously he taught at the University of Miami and The George Washington University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Cornell University, and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. At the University of Massachusetts he has devoted many years to teaching natural resource economics to students at all levels, and has worked to develop an undergraduate major in environmental and resource economics. Professor Field is the author of numerous articles on resource and environmental economics.
Content
Preface Section I Introduction 1 What is Environmental Economics? 2The Economy and the Environment Section II Analytical Tools 3Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand 4Economic Efficiency and Markets 5The Economics of Environmental Quality Section III Environmental Analysis 6 Frameworks of Analysis 7Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits 8 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs Section IV Environmental Policy Analysis 9Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies 10 Decentralized Policies 11Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards 12Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies 13Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits Section V Environmental Policy in the United States 14Federal Water Pollution-Control Policy 15Federal Air Pollution-Control Policy 16Federal Policy on Toxic and Hazardous Substances 17 State and Local Environmental Issues Section VI International Environmental Issues 18Environmental Issues in Other Industrialized Countries 19Economic Development and the Environment 20The Global Environment 21International Environmental Agreements Index of Names Index of Subjects