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Author:

Field, Barry C.

Title:

Environmental economics : an introduction / Barry C. Field, Martha K. Field.

Edition:

4th ed.

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Irwin,

Copyright Date:

©2006

Description:

xxi, 503 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Environmental economics.
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Environmental economics.

Other Authors:

Field, Martha K.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Sect. 4. Incentive-based strategies: transferable discharge permits. What is environmental economics? -- Economy and the environment -- Sect. 2. Analytical tools. Benefits and costs, supply and demand -- Economic efficiency and markets -- Economics of environmental quality -- Sect. 3. Environmental analysis. Frameworks of analysis -- Benefit-cost analysis: benefits -- Benefit-cost analysis: costs -- Sect. 4. Environmental policy analysis. Criteria for evaluating environmental policies -- Decentralized policies: liability laws, property rights, voluntary action -- Command-and-control strategies: the case of standards -- Incentive-based strategies: emission charges and subsidies -- Incentive-based strategies: transferable discharge permits.

ISBN:

0071255850
9780071255851
9780073137513
0073137510

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60375331

LCCN:

2005049561

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)