Environmental Economics: An Integrated Approach

ISBN-13: 9780367379605 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 264 str.

Philip E. Graves

Opis

Rigorous, yet written in a way that facilitates understanding of sometimes difficult material, this book provides practical and working knowledge of how environmental policy analysis is conducted in the United States and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere. It details the tools required to conduct that analysis and also discusses weaknesses in the existing methods, underlining areas for future improvement. This approach allows readers to get a sense of what is known and what is not known about environmental economics.

Spis treści

Environmental Policy with Perfect Information: The Basic Theory. Introduction. The Economy and the Environment: Uncontrolled Case (Pre-Institution). The Economy and the Environment: The Case of Optimal Controls (Post-Institution). Provision of Public Goods (Pre-Institution and Post-Institution). The Role of Time in Economics: Interest Rates, Compounding, and Discounting. Benefit-Cost Analysis with Perfect Information. Environmental Policy with Imperfect Information. Information Difficulties: The Individual Household and the Benefits of Environmental Policies. Information Difficulties: The Individual Firm and the Costs of Environmental olicies. Information Difficulties: The Policy-Maker. Valuation--Acquiring Information about Environmental Benefits. Overview of valuation Methods. Environmental Valuation: Voting and Referenda. Environmental Valuation: Constructed Markets. Environmental Valuation: The Sum of Specific Damages Approach. Environmental Valuation: The Hedonic Method. Environmental Valuation: The Travel Cost Method. Do Decision-Makers "Care" about Efficiency? Impact of Concerns about Equity on Environmental Policy. An Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy Analysis Methodology.　　Epilog. An Overall Assessment of the State of Environmental Policy Making. The Past and the Future.

O autorze

Graves, Philip E.