Persistent Pollutants: Economics and Policy

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Persistent Pollutants: A Challenge for the Nineties....Pages 1-8
Sources of Persistent Micropollutants: Analysis with Dynamic Materials Balances....Pages 9-19
Long-Term Environmental and Health Effects of PMPs....Pages 21-32
Benefits of PMP Control: Ecosystems....Pages 33-42
Approaches to the Economic Evaluation of Environmental Effects of PMPs: A General Introduction....Pages 43-54
Valuation of Wetland Ecosystems....Pages 55-63
Health Benefits of PMP Control: The Case of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Skin Damage Risks....Pages 65-75
Ecotoxicology, Environmental Economists and the Valuation of Adverse Environmental Effects....Pages 77-82
Cost-Benefit Analysis and PMPs....Pages 83-91
Problems of Irreversibility in the Control of PMPs....Pages 93-103
Integrated Environmental Economic Systems....Pages 105-114
Environmental Regulation and Policy....Pages 115-125
Economic Effects of Emission Reduction: Impacts on Industry....Pages 127-136
Economic Impacts of Controlling PMPs: A Comment....Pages 137-143
Long-Term Tradeoffs for Sustainability Policies in the Area of Environmental Toxicology: An Economic Analysis of a NIMBY Syndrome....Pages 145-156
A Comment on Nijkamp....Pages 157-158
Uncertainty in the Prediction of Attitudes Towards Environmental Control....Pages 159-161
Economic Instrument for Controlling PMPs....Pages 163-176
Economic Instruments for Controlling PMPs: A Comment....Pages 177-182
Liability Issues in Pollution Control....Pages 183-195
The Use of Liability-Rule Systems to Regulate the Environment: The Case for ‘Preventive Policy’....Pages 197-202
Some Ecotoxicological Problems Associated with the Regulation of PMPs....Pages 203-209
Environmental Decision-Making: The Ecotoxicological Contribution....Pages 211-216
Back Matter....Pages 217-225