Markets and the environment /
Keohane, Nathaniel O.
Markets and the environment / Nathaniel O. Keohane, Sheila M. Olmstead. - Washington ; London : Island Press, c2007. - 274 p. ; 22 cm. - Foundations of contemporary environmental studies . - Foundations of contemporary environmental studies .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction --
2. Economic efficiency and environmental protection --
3. The benefits and costs of environmental protection --
4. The efficiency of markets --
5. Market failures in the environmental realm --
6. Managing stocks: natural resources as capital assets --
7. Stocks that grow: the economics of renewable resource management --
8. Principles of market-based environmental policy --
9. The case for market-based instruments in the real world --
10. Market-based instruments in practice --
11. Sustainability and economic growth.
Is an introduction to a topic of central importance in understanding a wide range of environmental issues and policy approaches. It offers a clear overview of the fundamentals of environmental economics that will enable students and professionals to quickly grasp important concepts and to apply those concepts to real-world environmental problems.
9781597260473
Environmental economics
338.927
Markets and the environment / Nathaniel O. Keohane, Sheila M. Olmstead. - Washington ; London : Island Press, c2007. - 274 p. ; 22 cm. - Foundations of contemporary environmental studies . - Foundations of contemporary environmental studies .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction --
2. Economic efficiency and environmental protection --
3. The benefits and costs of environmental protection --
4. The efficiency of markets --
5. Market failures in the environmental realm --
6. Managing stocks: natural resources as capital assets --
7. Stocks that grow: the economics of renewable resource management --
8. Principles of market-based environmental policy --
9. The case for market-based instruments in the real world --
10. Market-based instruments in practice --
11. Sustainability and economic growth.
Is an introduction to a topic of central importance in understanding a wide range of environmental issues and policy approaches. It offers a clear overview of the fundamentals of environmental economics that will enable students and professionals to quickly grasp important concepts and to apply those concepts to real-world environmental problems.
9781597260473
Environmental economics
338.927