Economics of the Environment : Selected Readings /

This collection ranges from seminal essays on welfare economics to articles that probe such critical issues as global warming, deforestation, and hazardous waste disposal. Environmental policy options are explored in depth and the fundamental principles for assessing their benefits and costs are dev...

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Main Authors: Dorfman, Robert, editor 274645, Dorfman, Nancy S., editor 344235
Format: text
Language:eng
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 1993
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Summary:This collection ranges from seminal essays on welfare economics to articles that probe such critical issues as global warming, deforestation, and hazardous waste disposal. Environmental policy options are explored in depth and the fundamental principles for assessing their benefits and costs are developed and illustrated. The Third Edition, like its two enormously successful predecessors, provides the strongest possible grounding in the literature of environmental economics.