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Environmental economics : an introduction / Barry C. Field, Martha K. Field.

By: Field, Barry CContributor(s): Field, Martha KMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2006Edition: 4th edDescription: xviii, 503 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0072429216 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Environmental economics | Economic development -- Environmental aspects | Economics | EnvironmentDDC classification: 333.7 LOC classification: HC79.E5 | F47 2002
Contents:
Introduction -- What Is Environmental Economics? -- The Economy and the Environment -- Analytical Tools -- Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand -- Economic Efficiency and Markets -- The Economics of Environmental Quality -- Environmental Analysis -- Frameworks of Analysis -- Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits -- Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs -- Environmental Policy Analysis -- Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies -- Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action -- Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards -- Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies -- Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits -- 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 -- International Environmental Issues -- Environmental Issues in Other Industrialized Countries -- Economic Development and the Environment -- The Global Environment -- International Environmental Agreements.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sect. 1. Introduction -- 1. What Is Environmental Economics? -- 2. The Economy and the Environment -- Sect. 2. Analytical Tools -- 3. Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand -- 4. Economic Efficiency and Markets -- 5. The Economics of Environmental Quality -- Sect. 3. Environmental Analysis -- 6. Frameworks of Analysis -- 7. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits -- 8. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs -- Sect. 4. Environmental Policy Analysis -- 9. Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies -- 10. Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action -- 11. Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards -- 12. Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies -- 13. Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits -- Sect. 5. Environmental Policy in the United States -- 14. Federal Water Pollution-Control Policy -- 15. Federal Air Pollution-Control Policy -- 16. Federal Policy on Toxic and Hazardous Substances -- 17. State and Local Environmental Issues -- Sect. 6. International Environmental Issues -- 18. Environmental Issues in Other Industrialized Countries -- 19. Economic Development and the Environment -- 20. The Global Environment -- 21. International Environmental Agreements.

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