From the Electronic Resource - Eighth edition.
Section 1. Introduction. What is environmental economics? ; The economy and the environment
Section 2. Analytical tools. Benefits and costs, supply and demand ; Markets, externalities, and public goods ; The economics of environmental quality
Section 3. Environmental analysis. Frameworks of analysis ; Benefits-Cost analysis: benefits ; Benefits-Cost analysis: costs
Section 4. Environmental policy analysis. Criteria for evaluating environmental policies ; Decentralized policies: liability laws, property rights, voluntary actions ; Command and control strategies : the case of standards ; Incentive-based strategies : environmental charges and subsidies ; Incentive-based strategies : market trading systems
Section 5. Environmental policy in the United States. Federal water pollution control policy ; Federal air pollution control policy ; Federal policy on toxic and hazardous substances ; State and local environmental issues
Section 6. Global environmental issues. Global climate change ; International environmental agreements ; Globalization ; Economic development and the environment
Appendix. Abbreviations and acronyms used in the book.
