Economics of the Environment Theory and Policy
"The labor of nature is paid, not because she does much, but because she does little. In proportion as she becomes niggardly in her gifts, she exacts a greater price for her work. Where she is munificently benefi cent, she always works gratis." David Ricardo * This book interprets nature...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1995, 1995
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| Edition: | 4th ed. 1995 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I Introduction
- 1 The Problem
- 2 Using the Environment — An Allocation Problem
- II Static Allocation Aspect
- 3 Production Theory and Transformation Space
- 4 Optimal Environmental Use
- 5 Environmental Quality as a Public Good
- 6 Property-Rights Approach to the Environmental Problem
- III Environmental-Policy Instruments
- 7 Incidence of an Emission Tax
- 8 Policy Instruments
- 9 Policy Instruments and the Casuistics of Pollution
- 10 The Political Economy of Environmental Scarcity
- IV Environmental Allocation in Space
- 11 Environmental Endowment, Competitiveness and Trade
- 12 Transfrontier Pollution
- 13 Global Environmental Media
- 14 Regional Aspects of Environmental Allocation
- V EnvironmeAntal Allocation in Time and under Uncertainty
- 15 Long Term Aspects of Environmental Quality
- 16 Economic Growth, Sustainability and Environmental Quality
- 17 Risk and Environmental Allocation
- About the Author