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Markets and the environment

Nathaniel O. Keohane Sheila M Olmstead

Washington, DC Island Press c2007

Localização: FEA - Fac. Econ. Adm. Contab. e Atuária  ACERVO DELFIM NETTO  (A5.24.4 )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Markets and the environment
  • Autor: Nathaniel O. Keohane
  • Sheila M Olmstead
  • Assuntos: Environmental economics; Water quality trading; ECONOMIA AMBIENTAL
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Descrição: Introduction -- Economics and the environment -- Global climate change -- Organization and content of this book -- What we hope readers will take away from this book -- Economic efficiency and environmental protection -- Economic efficiency -- Efficiency and environmental policy -- Equating benefits and costs on the margin -- Dynamic efficiency and environmental policy -- Conclusion -- The benefits and costs of environmental protection -- Measuring costs -- Evaluating the benefits -- Benefit-cost analysis -- Conclusion -- The efficiency of markets -- Competitive market equilibrium -- The efficiency of competitive markets -- Conclusion -- Market failures in the environmental realm -- Externalities -- Public goods -- The tragedy of the commons -- Conclusions -- Managing stocks: natural resources as capital assets -- Economic scarcity -- Efficient extraction in two periods -- A closer look at the efficient extraction path -- The critical role of property rights -- Conclusion -- Stocks that grow: the economics of renewable resource management -- Economics of forest resources -- Fisheries -- Conclusion -- Principles of market-based environmental policy -- Array of policy instruments -- Market-based policies can overcome market failure -- Is it preferable to set prices or quantities? -- Conclusions -- The case for market-based instruments in the real world -- Reducing costs -- Promoting technological change -- Marked-based instruments for managing natural resources -- Other considerations -- Conclusions -- Market based instruments in practice -- The U.S. sulfur dioxide market -- Individual tradable quotas for fishing in New Zealand -- Municipal water pricing -- Water quality trading -- Waste management: "pay as you throw" -- Habitat and land management -- Conclusions -- Sustainability and economic growth -- Limits to growth? -- Sustainability, in economic terms -- Keeping track: green accounting -- Are economic growth and sustainability compatible? -- Conclusi
    "Markets and the Environment is an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to environmental economics. It examines the benefits and costs of environmental protection, markets and market failures, and natural resources as capital assets. With clear explanations of fundamental concepts, it offers students a broad understanding of a wide range of environmental issues and policy approaches."--BOOK JACKET
  • Títulos relacionados: Série:Foundations of contemporary environmental studies
  • Editor: Washington, DC Island Press
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2007
  • Formato: xi, 274 p ill 22 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês
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