| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
x, 517 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The tragedy of the commons / Garrett Hardin -- The economic common sense of pollution / Larry E. Ruff -- Analysis of environmental pollution / Allen V. Kneese -- EPA and the evolution of federal regulation / Paul R. Portney -- Some concepts from welfare economics / Robert Dorfman -- The economic theory of a common-property resource : the fishery / H. Scott Gordon -- The problem of social cost / Ronald Coase -- On divergences between social cost and private cost / Ralph Turvey -- The problem of market failure / Alan Randall -- The economics of resources or the resources of economics / Robert M. Solow -- Sustainability : an economist's perspective / Robert M. Solow -- Conservation reconsidered / John V. Krutilla -- Regulatory strategies for pollution control / A. Michael Spence, Martin L. Weitzman -- Land, water, and ownership / J.H. Dales -- Transferable discharge permits and the control of stationary source air pollution / Thomas H. Tietenberg -- Economic incentives in the management of hazardous wastes / Clifford S. Russell -- Weighing alternatives for toxic waste cleanup / Peter Passell -- An introduction to benefit-cost analysis / Robert Dorfman -- Criteria for social investment / Kenneth J. Arrow -- Comparisons of methods for recreation evaluation / Jack L. Knetsch, Robert K. Davis -- Bidding games for valuation of aesthetic environmental improvements / Alan Randall, Berry Ives, Clyde Eastman -- The economic value of life : linking theory to practice / J. Steven Landefeld, Eugene P. Seskin -- The life you save may be your own / Thomas C. Schelling -- Risk assessment and comparisons : an introduction / Richard Wilson, E.A.C. Crouch -- Controlling urban air pollution : a benefit-cost assessment / Alan J. Krupnick, Paul R. Portney -- International cooperation for environmental protection / Scott Barrett -- Some economics of global warming / Thomas C. Schelling -- Economic activity and the greenhouse effect / Yoshiki Ogawa -- Adverse environmental consequences of the green revolution / David Pimentel, Marcia Pimentel -- Deforestation and species loss / Kenton R. Miller, Walter V. Reid, Charles V. Barber. |
| Subject |
Pollution -- Economic aspects.
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Environmental policy -- Costs.
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| Added Author |
Dorfman, Robert.
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Dorfman, Nancy S.
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| ISBN |
0393963101 |
|
9780393963106 |
| Standard No. |
ZBWT00468890 |
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