Economics of the Environment: Theory and Policy

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Problem....Pages 3-7
Using the Environment — An Allocation Problem....Pages 9-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Production Theory and Transformation Space....Pages 29-43
Optimal Environmental Use....Pages 45-59
Environmental Quality as a Public Good....Pages 61-95
Property-Rights Approach to the Environmental Problem....Pages 97-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Incidence of an Emission Tax....Pages 107-122
Policy Instruments....Pages 123-148
Policy Instruments and the Casuistics of Pollution....Pages 149-158
The Political Economy of Environmental Scarcity....Pages 159-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Environmental Endowment, Competitiveness and Trade....Pages 169-185
Transfrontier Pollution....Pages 187-198
Global Environmental Media....Pages 199-209
Regional Aspects of Environmental Allocation....Pages 211-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Long Term Aspects of Environmental Quality....Pages 233-248
Economic Growth, Sustainability, and Environmental Quality....Pages 249-264
Risk and Environmental Allocation....Pages 265-277
Back Matter....Pages 279-307