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Price, principle, and the environment /

Mark Sagoff has written an engaging and provocative book about the contribution economics can make to environmental policy. Sagoff argues that economics can be helpful in designing institutions and processes through which people can settle environmental disputes. However, he contends that economic a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sagoff, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Colección:Cambridge books online.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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