Markets and the Environment

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Keohane, Nathaniel O. (Συγγραφέας), Olmstead, Sheila M. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2016.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Nature conservation.; Environmental economics.; Environment, general.; Environmental Economics.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Nature Conservation.

A clear grasp of economics is essential to understanding why environmental problems arise and how we can address them. So it is with good reason that this book has become a classic text in environmental studies since its first publication in 2007. Now thoroughly revised with updated information on c...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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
• 12. Conclusion.