Economics of the environment : theory and policy /
This book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. It offers a theoretical study of the allocation problem and describes differentpolicy approaches to the environmental problem. The entire spectrum of the allocation issue is studied: the use of the environment in a static context,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1992]
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| Edition: | 3rd, rev. and enl. ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. It offers a theoretical study of the allocation problem and describes differentpolicy approaches to the environmental problem. The entire spectrum of the allocation issue is studied: the use of the environment in a static context, international and trade aspects of environmental allocation, regional dimensions and environmental use over time and under uncertainty. The book incorporates a variety of economic approaches, including neoclassical analysis, the public-goods approach, benefit cost, property-rights ideas, economic policy and public-finance reasoning, international trade theory, regional science, and optimizattion theory including control theory and risk analysis. The different aspects of environmental allocation are studies in the contextof a model that is used throughout the book. In contrast to other books, this book has chapters on the international and the regional aspects of environmental allocation, on environmental use over time, i.e. on the accumulation of pollutant, and on environmental risks. The third edition has been revised and enlarged. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-289) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783662028421 (electronic bk.) 3662028425 (electronic bk.) |