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Markets and the environment /

A clear grasp of economics is essential to understanding why environmental problems arise and how we can address them. So it is with good reason that this book has become a classic text in environmental studies since its first publication in 2007. Now thoroughly revised with updated information on c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Keohane, Nathaniel O. (Autor), Olmstead, Sheila M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2016]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Foundations of contemporary environmental studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 2. Economic Efficiency and Environmental Protection
  • 3. The Benefits and Costs of Environmental Protection
  • 4. The Efficiency of Markets
  • 5. Market Failures in the Environmental Realm
  • 6. Managing Stocks: Natural Resources as Capital Assets
  • 7. Stocks that Grow: The Economics of Renewable Resource Management
  • 8. Principles of Market-based Environmental Policy
  • 9. The Case for Market-Based Instruments in the Real World
  • 10. Market Based Instruments in Practice
  • 11. Sustainability and Economic Growth
  • 12. Conclusion.