Econ of Environ 5E PA

by Stavins,Robert N.

• ISBN13: 9780393927016
• ISBN10: 0393927016
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-09
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

Over four editions, Economics of the Environment has established itself as the standard student reader for environmental economics courses. A rich complement to other texts, this accessible reader provides a balanced selection of classic and contemporary readings to firmly ground students\' understanding in the field\'s primary literature. The Fifth Edition has been carefully reorganized; over a third of the selections are new.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
I Overview and Principles	1	(50)
1 How Economists See the Environment
Don Fullerton and Robert N. Stavins	1	(8)
2 The Tragedy of the Commons
Garrett Hardin	9	(14)
3 The Problem of Social Cost
Ronald Coase	23	(28)
II The Costs of Environmental Protection	51	(78)
4 Environmental Regulation and the Competitiveness of U.S. Manufacturing: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?
Adam B. Jaffe, Steven R. Peterson, Paul R. Portney, and Robert N. Stavins	51	(41)
5 Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship
Michael E. Porter and Claas van der Linde	92	(23)
6 Tightening Environmental Standards: The Benefit-Cost or the No-Cost Paradigm?
Karen Palmer, Wallace E. Oates, and Paul R. Portney	115	(14)
III The Benefits of Environmental Protection	129	(118)
7 The Contingent Valuation Debate: Why Economists Should Care
Paul R. Portney	129	(17)
8 Valuing the Environment through Contingent Valuation
W. Michael Hanemann	146	(27)
9 Contingent Valuation: Is Some Number Better than No Number?
Peter A. Diamond and Jerry A. Hausman	173	(21)
10 Contingent Valuation and Lost Passive Use: Damages from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Richard T. Carson, Robert C. Mitchell, Michael Hanemann, Raymond J. Kopp, Stanley Presser, and Paul A. Ruud	194	(29)
11 The Value of Life in Legal Contexts: Survey and Critique
W. Kip Viscusi	223	(24)
IV The Goals of Environmental Policy: Economic Efficiency and Benefit-Cost Analysis	247	(30)
12 Is There a Role for Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation?
Kenneth J. Arrow, Maureen L. Cropper, George C. Eads, Robert W. Hahn, Lester B. Lave, Roger G. Noll, Paul R. Portney, Milton Russell, Richard Schmalensee, V. Kerry Smith, and Robert N. Stavins	247	(8)
13 An Eye on the Future
Lawrence H. Goulder and Robert N. Stavins	255	(5)
14 Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique
Steven Kelman	260	(10)
Replies to Steven Kelman
from James V. DeLong, Robert M. Solow, Gerard Butters, John Calfee, and Pauline Ippolito	270	(7)
V The Means of Environmental Policy: Cost Effectiveness and Market-Based Instruments	277	(82)
15 Economic Instruments for Environmental Regulation
Tom H. Tietenberg	277	(25)
16 Environmental Policy Making in a Second-Best Setting
Lawrence H. Goulder	302	(32)
17 What Can We Learn from the Grand Policy Experiment? Lessons from SO2 Allowance Trading
Robert N. Stavins	334	(21)
18 It's Immoral to Buy the Right to Pollute
Michael J. Sandel	355	(2)
Replies to Michael Sandel
Steven Shavell, Robert N. Stavins, Sanford E. Gaines, and Eric S. Maskin	357	(2)
VI Trade, Growth, and the Environment	359	(86)
19 The Environment and Globalization
Jeffrey A. Frankel	359	(40)
20 Confronting the Environmental Kuznets Curve
Susmita Dasgupta, Benoit Laplante, Hua Wang, and David Wheeler	399	(22)
21 Creating Incentives for International Cooperation: Strategic Choices
Scott Barrett	421	(24)
VII Global Climate Change	445	(58)
22 Reflections on the Economics of Climate Change
William D. Nordhaus	445	(17)
23 The Cost of Combating Global Warming: Facing the Tradeoffs
Thomas C. Schelling	462	(7)
24 Kyoto's Unfinished Business
Henry D. Jacoby, Ronald G. Prinn, and Richard Schmalensee	469	(10)
25 The Role of Economics in Climate Change Policy
Warwick J. McKibbin and Peter J. Wilcoxen	479	(24)
VIII Ecological Values and Sustainability	503	(44)
26 Sustainability: An Economist's Perspective
Robert M. Solow	503	(11)
27 Economics of the Endangered Species Act
Gardner M. Brown Jr. and Jason F. Shogren	514	(19)
28 Conflicts and Choices in Biodiversity Preservation
Andrew Metrick and Martin L. Weitzman	533	(14)
IX Economics and Environmental Policy Making	547
29 The Choice of Regulatory Instruments in Environmental Policy
Nathaniel O. Keohane, Richard L. Revesz, and Robert N. Stavins	547	(46)
30 Environmental Policy Since Earth Day I: What Have We Gained?
A. Myrick Freeman III	593	(23)
31 Environmental Regulation in the 1990's: A Retrospective Analysis
Robert W. Hahn, Sheila M. Olmstead, and Robert N. Stavins	616	(33)
32 The Impact of Economics on Environmental Policy
Robert W. Hahn	649