Economics and the Environment

Four Economic Questions About Global Warming.; HOW MUCH POLLUTION IS TOO MUCH?; Ethics and Economics.; Pollution as an Externality.; The Efficiency Standard.; The Safety Standard.; Sustainability: A Neoclassical View.; Sustainability: An Ecological View.; Measuring the Benefits of Environmental Protection.; Measuring the Costs of Environmental Protection.; Benefit-Cost in Practice: Implementing the Efficiency Standard.; Is More Really Better? Consumption and Welfare.; IS GOVERNMENT UP TO THE JOB?; The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation.; An Overview of Environmental Legislation.; The Regulatory Record: Achievements and Obstacles.; Monitoring and Enforcement.; HOW CAN WE DO BETTER?; Incentive-Based Regulation: Theory.; Incentive-Based Regulation: Practice.; Promoting Clean Technology: Theory.; Promoting Clean Technology: Practice.; Energy Policy and the Environment.; CAN WE RESOLVE GLOBAL ISSUES?; Poverty, Population and the Environment.; Environmental Policy in Poor Countries.; The Economics of Global Agreements.; ADVANCED TOPICS.; The Importance of Being Convex.; Imperfect Regulation in an Uncertain World.; Input-Output Models and Life-Cycle Analysis.; Incentive-Compatible Regulation.