Environmental Economics In Theory & Practice, Second Edition

by Hanley, Nick; Shogren, Jason; White, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780333971376
• ISBN10: 033397137X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

The second edition of Environmental Economics has been fully updated and revised to take into account recent developments relating to the relationship between economics and the environment. New chapters on environmental risk, trade and the environment, and ecosystems and economics contribute to the stimulating analysis offered in this timely new edition.

Author Biography

Nick Hanley is Professor of Environmental Economics at Edinburgh University. Jason Shogren is Professor of Economics at the University of Wyoming. Ben White is Senior Lecturer, School of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia.

Table of Contents

List of tables	ix
List of figures	x
List of boxes	xiii
Introduction and acknowledgements	xv
Economy--environment interactions	1	(13)
The economics of sustainable development	14	(28)
Market failure	42	(40)
Incentive design	82	(49)
Pollution taxes and tradable emission permits: Theory into practice	131	(43)
Transboundary pollution and global public goods	174	(40)
Nonrenewable resources: Market structure and policy	214	(29)
Nonrenewable resources: Scarcity, costs and externalities	243	(23)
Renewable natural resources: The fishery	266	(37)
Forestry economics	303	(19)
Theory and methods for environmental valuation	322	(46)
Risk and the environment	368	(53)
Trade and the environment	421	(28)
Author index	449	(5)
Subject index	454