The Market Meets the Environment

by Yandle, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780847696253
• ISBN10: 0847696251
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

What does free market environmentalism have to say about Love Canal, Cleveland's burning Cuyahogo River, golf course pollution, EPA's Toxic Release Inventory Requirement, nonpoint source pollution and river basin associations? In this revealing book Bruce Yandle has compiled eleven essays that address these concerns and provide the reader with an in-depth, market-based analysis of evolving environmental institutions and regulations. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of environmental economics, politics, and law.

Author Biography

Bruce Yandle is Alumni Professor of Economics at Clemson University and a Senior Associate with PERC in Bozeman, Montana. Jason Annan is an engineering consultant in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sean Blacklocke is pursuing a Ph.D. in applied economics at Clemson University. Angela Ives is pursuing a graduate degree in education at the University of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. Brian Kropp is a Ph.D. candidate in public policy analysis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mariela Mercedes Nino Restrepo is entering the graduate program in applied economics at Clemson University. David W. Riggs is Director of Land and Natural Resources Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington. Matt Ryan is a market analyst for for Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee. Jeffrey C. Terry is Director of Environmental and Health Effects Activities for the Engine Manufacturers Association in Chicago. Stacie Thomas is an economist on the staff of Senator Phil Gramm on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Alec Watson is a student at the University of North Carolina Law School.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
Preface	xi
Burning Rivers	1	(36)
Stacie Thomas
Matt Ryan
Love Canal	37	(22)
Angela Ives
EPA's Toxic Release Inventory	59	(26)
Jeffrey C. Terry
Evaluation of Toxic Release Inventory Data Using Risk Assessment Techniques	85	(16)
Mariela Mercedes Nino Restrepo
Laidlaw v. South Carolina DHEC	101	(24)
George Hamrick
Eco-Seals	125	(42)
Stacie Thomas
Market Incentives for Water Quality	167	(38)
David W. Riggs
Effluent Trading in South Carolina	205	(26)
Sean Blacklocke
An Economic Analysis of the Interaction between Golf Courses and the Environment	231	(28)
Alec Watson
Environmental Organizations: What Makes Them Tick?	259	(36)
Brian Kropp
Is Environmentalism the New State Religion?	295	(12)
Jason Annan
Index	307	(10)
About the Authors	317