Environmental Economics

Field - Environmental Economics: An Introduction, 4/e(0073137510) Contents in Brief Section 1 - Introduction 1 What is Environmental Economics? 2 The Economy and the Environment Section 2 - Analytical Tools 3 Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand 4 Economic Efficiency and Markets 5 The Economics of Environmental Quality Section 3 - Environmental Analysis 6 Frameworks of Analysis 7 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits 8 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs Section 4 - Environmental Policy Analysis 9 Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies 10 Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action 11 Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards 12 Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies 13 Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits Section 5 - 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 Section 6 - International Environmental Issues 18 Comparative Environmental Policies 19 Economic Development and the Environment 20 The Global Environment 21 International Environmental Agreements Appendix: Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in the Book Name Index Subject Index