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020 _a9781597260473
040 _aMIUC
_beng
_cMIUC
082 0 _a338.927
100 1 _91213
_aKeohane, Nathaniel O.
245 1 0 _aMarkets and the environment /
_cNathaniel O. Keohane, Sheila M. Olmstead.
260 _aWashington ;
_aLondon :
_bIsland Press,
_cc2007.
300 _a274 p. ;
_c22 cm.
490 1 _aFoundations of contemporary environmental studies
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. 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.
520 _aIs 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.
650 0 _91214
_aEnvironmental economics
700 1 _91215
_aOlmstead, Sheila M.
830 0 _91217
_aFoundations of contemporary environmental studies
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