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This book concentrates only on environmental economics - problems of pollution of earth, air, and water - wiith an emphasis on regulation and private-sector anti-pollution incentives. Coverage also includes international examples.
Environmental Economics is the first text that concentrates solely on environmental economics the problems of earth, air, and water pollution with an emphasis on both government and regulation and private-sector anti-pollution incentives. It assumes a knowledge of intermediate microeconomics; therefore, basic economics is not reviewed in this book as it is in others. The book is divided into four primary sections: the first defines the field of environmental economics in relation to general economics and to ecological and resource economics; the second looks at market failure and considers why, even with apparent environmental protection, market-led regulation often fails to work properly; the third examines government regulation of pollution using industrial organization literature; and the final section looks at the demand for environmental quality, covering both revealed preference and stated preference methods. The author includes many international examples and places special emphasis on the way countries around the world approach and control their own environmental problems. ISBN
9780195685763
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Pages : 402
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