Economics of the Environment: Theory and Policy

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Problem....Pages 3-6
Using the Environment — An Allocation Problem....Pages 7-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Production Theory and Transformation Space....Pages 27-41
Optimal Environmental Use....Pages 43-57
Environmental Quality as a Public Good....Pages 59-93
Property-Rights Approach to the Environmental Problem....Pages 95-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Incidence of an Emission Tax....Pages 105-123
Policy Instruments....Pages 125-150
Policy Instruments and the Casuistics of Pollution....Pages 151-160
The Political Economy of Environmental Scarcity....Pages 161-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Environmental Endowment, Competitiveness and Trade....Pages 171-189
Transfrontier Pollution....Pages 191-202
Global Environmental Media....Pages 203-215
Regional Aspects of Environmental Allocation....Pages 217-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Long-Term Aspects of Environmental Quality....Pages 239-254
Economic Growth, Sustainability, and Environmental Quality....Pages 255-270
Risk and Environmental Allocation....Pages 271-283
Back Matter....Pages 285-313